Industry News

A new report has highlighted that most major whitefish stocks have increased in Scottish waters since the mid-2000s while fishing pressure has reduced.

Kingfisher Fish and Chips in Plympton, Plymouth, has been crowned the best fish and chip shop in the UK at the 2017 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish.

The Western Australian Fishing Industry Council has hosted a professional development day (PDD) for secondary school teachers as its places a strong emphasis on education.

Huitres Favier Earl has become the first farm in France to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.

ASAP Supplies Ltd and ZF Services UK have signed a distributor agreement to support the aftermarket for ZF products at the 2017 London Boat Show.

The US West Coast has adopted electronic reporting for all commercially caught sablefish which means that all landings will now be recorded on web-based electronic fish tickets instead of paper ones.

Freitasmar, the Portugese expert in the production of canned seafood, has achieved the Friend of the Sea (FoS) certification for its Skipjack and Yellowfin tuna.

Tersan Shipyard has successfully delivered stern freezer trawler, Svend C, to Sikuaq Trawl AS.

Illegal foreign fishers have been convicted for breaches of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 (FMA Act) and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

According to Konráð Alfreðsson, vice-chairman of Icelandic Seamen’s union Sjómannasamband Íslands (SÍ), there is deep dissatisfaction among seamen who are currently on strike.

Skipsteknisk AS has secured the design contract for a new Arctic factory freezer trawler for Niisa Trawl Aps, located in Nuuk, Greenland.

The Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Defence Force Maritime Element conducted joint patrol to identify and intercept Vietnamese illegal fishing vessels.

Demand for MSC-certified tuna and fishing industry interest is expected to see “wild catch” tuna tonnage double from the waters of the (PNA) in 2017.

UK fisheries minister George Eustice announced on New Year’s Day that the latest phase of the discard ban for demersal species has now come into force.

The Gullberg fish processing plant at Seyðisfjörður in Eastern Iceland has had a busy year, processing 3600 tonnes of groundfish.

According to the MSC Network’s executive director Harm Koster, in 2016 the Network promoted effective and efficient MCS to combat IUU fishing. In March it celebrated the fifth GFETW in Auckland, New…

Thai Union Group PCL, in collaboration with the Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN), developed an educational labor rights booklet for migrant workers in Samut Sakhon.

The New Zealand-based manufacturer of multibeam technology, WASSP Ltd, has released its new F3L, a low frequency wideband 80 kHz system.