Industry News

Marks & Spencer and Waitrose & Partners have become the latest UK major retailers to commit to ensuing their seafood supply chains are free from illegal fishing and human rights abuses by…

Russian Fishery Company, one of the leading producers of pollock and Pacific herring, is looking to Nigeria and other African nations for sales of Pacific herring.

DuroWipers has secured new contracts to supply wiper systems to two fishing vessels courtesy of its long-standing customer, Macduff Shipyards.

Asdomar, the canned tuna brand produced by Italian firm Generale Conserve, has confirmed its commitment to sustainability with Friend of the Sea certification.

Based firmly in the Norwegian port of Måløy with its long fishing tradition, Babord is a new venture with a number of interesting twists on the process of bringing seafood to the…

Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, has welcomed the first group certification under the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS), a certification programme for commercial fishing vessels which recognises…

Tradewind has announced the closing of a €400,000 accounts receivable facility for an exporter of fresh and frozen fish based in Iceland and selling to the UK, Netherlands and North America.

Shipbuilder and naval engineering company, Piriou, has acquired the majority stake in Marine Industrie Service (MIS) and will rebrand as Piriou Côte d’Ivoire.

MEP Linnéa Engström is stepping down from her seat as a Member of the European Parliament to become the Programme Director for the Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea Region at the Marine…

Changing atmospheric conditions affecting the Bering Sea are forcing sea ice northward, warming water temperatures and altering the volume and quality of marine species, say scientists.

The Chief Executive of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO), Seán O’Donoghue has welcomed a report which has vindicated the position taken by the KFO regarding mackerel stocks and the sustainability of the…

Four young men helping to ensure the sustainability and future of the UK fishing industry are in the running for the Young Fisherman of the Year Award at the 2019 Fishing News…

Seafood products under the Russian Fishery Company’s Nordeco brand name have gone on sale. Fillets and mince, as well as fish sticks from RFC’s Alaska pollock are available in the Caviar &…

The European Parliament voted for a ban on pulse fishing on the 16th of April 2019, a move that definitively brings an end to this controversial method of fishing that has been…

Chaired by the Iceland Ocean Cluster’s Thór Sigfússon, the Fish Waste for Profit conference in Reykjavík got off to a flying start with a few home truths to get the ball rolling…

Thai Union subsidiary Asian Pacific Can Company Limited (APC) has led a digital literacy workshop to help people better understand technology, as well as use it safely and appropriately.

Scientists at the Marine Biological Association and the University of Plymouth are first to confirm a significant increase in open-ocean plastics in recent decades.

European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) performed 26,922 coordinated inspections in 2018, a 28% increase compared to 2017.

Double walled food storage containers outperform those with a single wall according to new research conducted by the University of Iceland and RPC Sæplast.

Scottish fish businesses Campbells & Co Smokehouse, Loch Fyne Oysters, and Ritchie’s of Rothesay have been named as finalists in the Fish & Seafood category of the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence…