Industry News

Evert Mooijer, the man who made Klaas Puul one of Europes largest seafood processing companies, has passed away.

All officials of the South African fisheries management branch will be subject to security clearance following the launch of an abalone poaching investigation.

The installation of Sea Harvest’s desalination plant has been completed with capacity to supply the company’s operations with all the water needed at its at its Saldanha Bay plant in South Africa.

The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) free-school skipjack & yellowfin tuna fishery has been recertified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

Three South Koreans missing from a fishing vessel hijacked in waters off Ghana have yet to be found despite the aid of a Korean navy boat.

A new report shows the UK fishing fleet saw record fishing revenues of GB£950m in 2017 with revenues rising by GB£14m since 2016.

The European Commission has proposed a multi-annual plan for fish stocks in western waters aimed at restoring and maintaining stocks at sustainable levels and ensuring fishermen’s social and economic viability.

From Southeast Alaska to the Bering Sea, Alaska halibut fishermen are gearing up to head out to sea as the 2018 halibut season opens at noon on 24th March. It’s an annual…

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has announced measures against fishing vessels and their operators after a number of Chinese vessel shave been intercepted engaged in illegal fishing activities in West African waters.

The UK fishing industry has been misled about Brexit independence and quota setting plans are unclear, The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) has said.

The Taiwan Fisheries Agency said the Taiwan government is safeguarding the rights and benefits of foreign crew members, following the release of a video exposing human rights abuses of migrant fisherman on…

That’s the message sent by Hampiðjan fishing gear designer Einar Skaftason at the Innovation Norway conference held in Bergen 6-8th March. At the conference he described pioneering fisheries for pearlside and lantern…

An investigative film has revealed beatings at gunpoint, slavery, dangerous working conditions and squalid living conditions are all faced by migrant fishermen working aboard Taiwanese-owned fishing vessels.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources has appointed two new scientists to support existing and new research priorities.

Icelandic company Síldarvinnslan’s fresher trawlers Bergey and Vestmannaey have been fishing well so far this month, with both landing full capacity trips after only a few days at sea.

Russia and South Korea agreed positions on co-operation over fisheries in the open part of the Sea of Okhotsk, as well as agreeing to facilitate joint activities on technology and aquaculture with…

HB Grandi’s Venus has almost finished landing in Akranes and once its fish has been processed the capelin season will be over for the company.

The PECH Committee is holding a public hearing at the European Parliament on 21st March focusing on TACs for fish stocks, with members able to listen and present questions to representatives of…

The Seafood Harvesters of America has expressed environmental concerns over the proposed draft of the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2019-2024.

Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association Chief Scientist, Dr Steven Mackinson, and colleagues from the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), have published a scientific paper highlighting the sustainability issues faced when…