Industry News

In the first collaboration between a canned tuna product and classic Japanese anime, Thai Union’s SEALECT Tuna brand has launched a limited edition can with packaging featuring Doraemon, the famous manga series.

The UK Government intends to set provisional catch limits for UK-EU shared fish stocks for the remainder of 2021 if an agreement with the EU is not in place by Wednesday 14…

An extra $255 million in fisheries assistance funding is being made available to US states and territories where coastal and marine fisheries have been negatively affected by Covid-19.

Brim’s fresher trawler Akurey has just landed a 130 tonne trip from grounds off the south coast of Iceland.

Fisheries New Zealand has reviewed catch limits for 14 fish stocks and introduced a full year-round closure to harvesting shellfish at Cockle Bay/Tuwakamana on Aucklands east coast.

The Scottish Government is to survey businesses to understand the impact of the ban on exporting live bivalve molluscs to the European Union and Northern Ireland.

A new Seafish report looks at the effects of the pandemic on the UK seafood supply chain combines real-time insights from seafood businesses with quantitative data.

Port State measures established by tuna regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) are not adequate to deter illegal, unreported, and unreported (IUU) fishing, a new report has found.

Fishtek Marine has won a major contract to supply Norwegian fishermen with its ‘acoustic banana pingers’, helping ensure that the cod fishery retains its Marine Stewardship Council accreditation.

exactEarth has signed an agreement with space mission partner, MDA to provide Satellite-AIS data services as part of the latter’s recently announced dark vessel detection (DVD) programme for the Government of Canada.

Japans first blue shark and swordfish fishery improvement programme has launched.

The UK has reached a tripartite agreement with Norway and the European Union on catch limits in 2021 for six jointly-managed fish stocks in the North Sea.

The only distant waters freezer trawler sailing under the UK flag is approaching the end of its current trip – and operating company UK Fisheries still has no indication of what fishing…

Up to 20 Scottish ports and harbours that have lost income from landing fees due to the disruption caused by Brexit will receive a share of a GB£1.8m fund.

The Cornish Fish Producers Organisation (CFPO) has responded to the 5.5 year adjustment period within the Brexit trade deal by issuing a statement of policies and aims covering 2021 to 2026.

Krill harvesting and processing company Aker BioMarine has announced some ambitious sustainability goals for the coming years, pledging to reduce its CO2 emissions per tonne of krill produced by 50% by 2030, and…

UK charity Fishing into the Future (FITF) has formed a partnership with the Fishmongers’ Company that includes a substantial grant to implement a three-year work programme.

The public body that supports the seafood industry in the UK is asking the seafood industry to share views on the organisation’s future direction and funding as part of a strategic review.

An “explanatory note” on the revision of the EU-fisheries control system reportedly circulated by the European Commission services to a few MEPs, mainly within the Committee on Environment, has come as a…

Pacific sardines may be moving north as the ocean warms, according to a new study conducted by the University of Santa Cruz and NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center.