Industry News

Spanish import/export seafood company Actemsa has achieved Friend of the Sea certification for traded skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna.

New figures published by Seafish have revealed the UK’s fishing fleet turnover has reached GB£1bn for the first time.

Russian Fishery Company (RFC) CEO Fedor Kirsanov and the Agama Group CEO Yuri Alasheev signed a long-term agreement on joint production of premium quality Alaska pollock ready meals.

The Government of Seychelles has committed to host the International Secretariat of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), starting April 2019.

Researchers studying the decline of commercial shellfish landings between 1980 and 2010 have found that the decline is likely linked to environmental factors, not overfishing.

Mørenot Group has appointed Arne Birkeland as CEO, Hans Fredrik Furstrand as CFO and Nils Erik Bjørkedal to a newly created COO role.

For the fourth year in a row, the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership has ranked the Antarctic krill fishery with an ‘A’ rating, the highest ranking attainable for meal or oil fisheries.

The Board of Directors of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) formally endorsed Alaska’s Ballot Measure 1, which would increase protections for salmon habitat via Alaska state law.

Southern Rock Lobster fisherman in Australia’s southern zone season have reported good conditions and strong catches in the first two weeks of the season with favourable prices driven by high demand from…

Tri Marine Group has sold its San Pedro coastal pelagic processing plant in Los Angeles, California to Silver Bay Seafoods.

The Ecuador small pelagics Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) has successfully met the criteria for acceptance on to the IFFO RS Improver Programme (IFFO RS IP). This step forward will allow better management…

MeteoGroup will deliver its weather routing technology services (SPOS) through ChartCo’s OneOcean navigation management platform following a new partnership.

The European Commission and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) have pledged to work closely together to fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

California non-profit FishWise has celebrated its 15-year anniversary and contributions to sustainability and corporate social responsibility amongst seafood companies.

Fishermen’s leaders in Scotland have welcomed direct assurances from Prime Minister Theresa May that the UK government is committed to securing “the best deal possible” for the industry in the Brexit negotiations.

An award-winning brand of food and drink products inspired by British royalty is now available for consumers to lay their hands on in the USA and Switzerland.

An investigation by The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) focuses on ownership of Ghanaian fishing capacity by Chinese companies, in contravention of Ghanaian law which does not allow foreign ownership or control of…

Thai Union Group was honoured at Ethical Corporations 8th Annual Responsible Business Awards for sustainability leadership with Dr. Darian McBain, Thai Union’s global director for sustainable development, receiving the coveted Business Leader…

US commercial fishery failures that occurred between 2015 and 2017 for salmon fisheries in Washington, Oregon, and California, in addition to the sardine fishery in California, will be met with financial assistance…

The 2018 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet shows record-peak levels in economic performance of the EU fishing fleet in 2016 and closely links this achievement to the use of…