Industry News

Efforts to clamp down on illegal fishing for cod in the Barents Sea are paying off - with a 50% cut in illegal fishing since 2005, says WWF.

New Zealand is implementing a suite of measures to better manage the environmental impact of bottom trawling by New Zealand fishers on the high seas, Ministry of Fisheries Chief Executive Wayne McNee…

French fresh fishing vessel owner, Scapêche, has received responsible fishing certification for pollack, blue ling, monkfish and black scabbardfish taken by its three 46m trawlers.

A successful tenderer will soon be announced for the $5 million expansion of the Bribie Island Aquaculture Research Station, which will feature a state-of-the-art aquarium.

Marel Food Systems and Stork Food Systems released a statement last week saying that they are pleased to announce that European competition authorities have approved Marel’s acquisition of the Stork Food Systems…

Seafish, the UK seafood industry authority, has announced the projects and businesses to benefit from more than £1m allocated by the 2008 Industry Project Fund (IPF). The IPF was instigated in 2007…

On 8 April, representatives of AFMA joined representatives of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) for the official handover of AFMA’s Records Authority and to mark the completion of three stages of…

The Danish blue-shell mussel fishery of Limfjord will be assessed against the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) standard for sustainable fishing.

Two pink and chum salmon fisheries operated by J.S.C. Gidrostroy on Iturup Island, part of the Russian Kuril Islands, are entering assessment for certification to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) standard for…

Norways NIFES (The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research) has investigated the levels of a number of undesirable substances in cod, capelin and shrimp in the Barents Sea.

The European Commission has given permission to Icelands Marel Food Systems hf to buy Dutch company Stork Food Systems (SFS).

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation says it is delighted at the commissioning of the new fisheries research vessel, Alba na Mara, which will be officially named in Fraserburgh today at a ceremony presided…

Oceana reports that millions of euros have been allocated for the overexploitation of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean and calls for the immediate closure of the Balearic fishing grounds.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council last week adopted the most restrictive salmon fisheries in the history for the West Coast, in response to the unprecedented collapse of Sacramento River fall Chinook and…

Today the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans heard testimony about illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and considered efforts to reduce the worldwide shark catch.

The 2862nd Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting was held on Monday in Luxembourg. The main results of the meeting were:

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council upheld its vote on Monday to close federal waters around American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands (CNMI) to purse seine fishing.