Sustainability

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Electronic monitoring (EM) – a suite of cameras, sensors and Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies installed on fishing vessels to track activity – is gaining traction. Governments, companies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)…

18th November 2025

Connectivity-based solutions: how technology can keep the world’s largest fisheries on track

18th November 2025

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Nestled near the Port of Hirtshals in Denmark, Flume Tank North Sea is quietly making waves – literally and figuratively – in Europe’s blue economy. As the continent’s largest wave and flow…

18th November 2025

Flume Tank North Sea sets its sights on the global stage

18th November 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A pioneering coalition led by Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (FIS) has secured nearly GBP 172,000 in new funding to advance development of a world-first prawn stunning and tailing machine. The technology, designed…

18th November 2025

New tech takes prawn fishery closer to humane, automated tailing

18th November 2025

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A chance discovery in the waters off the UK has sparked a quiet revolution in sustainable shellfish fishing. The Disco Scallop Collective, a partnership of engineers, marine scientists and food innovators, is…

18th November 2025

Disco Scallops: A lightbulb moment for sustainable fishing

18th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Most western Mediterranean trawlers are barely profitable due to chronic overfishing, a new report warns, urging urgent reforms to safeguard fisheries sustainability.

18th November 2025

Mediterranean fishing fleets face profit crisis

18th November 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The welfare of seafarers and fishers working in UK waters and visiting UK ports has been reinforced with the renewal of a key agreement between the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and…

18th November 2025

UK strengthens commitment to fisher welfare with renewal of MCA–MNWB agreement

18th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The lack of progress made at 44th Annual Meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) in reaching an agreement on Northeast Atlantic mackerel and blue whiting catch allocations again showed that…

18th November 2025

Europêche: NEAFC ‘dead end’ shows fresh approach needed for shared fisheries management

18th November 2025

OPINION

OPINION

When the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meets this December, it will have a vital opportunity to strengthen the management of the world’s most productive tuna fisheries — those that…

18th November 2025

OPINION: Securing the Pacific’s tuna future – ISSF issues priorities for WCPFC’s 22nd session

18th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The 44th Annual Meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) closed in London on 14 November 2025 without agreement on catch allocations for two of the region’s most commercially significant stocks…

18th November 2025

NEAFC fails to reach deal on mackerel and blue whiting, leaving key stocks in limbo for 2026

18th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Serious divisions over how to manage the Northeast Atlantic’s most important fish stocks left this year’s North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) meeting without agreement on scientifically grounded catch limits, prompting strong criticism…

18th November 2025

Warning of severe overfishing as NEAFC fails to agree on science-based limits

18th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission’s newly released guidelines aimed at helping strengthen support for small-scale fishers in the Union represent a crucial opportunity for member states to make the national allocation of fishing quotas…

18th November 2025

Seas At Risk: New small-scale fisher guidelines can make quota allocations fairer

18th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Following the annual meeting of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in Málaga, Spain, the Med Sea Alliance, together with its members Oceana and The Nature Conservancy, has welcomed progress…

18th November 2025

Med Sea Alliance: GFCM delivered only partial progress

18th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has released new guidelines aimed at helping EU countries strengthen support for small-scale fishers and improve transparency in how national fishing opportunities are allocated.

18th November 2025

EU issues new guidelines to boost small-scale fishers and bring transparency to quota allocation

18th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The annual meeting of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) in Málaga has delivered progress on vessel transparency but leaves major enforcement gaps, according to the Med Sea Alliance and…

14th November 2025

Mediterranean fisheries transparency gains stalled

14th November 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Waitrose has become the first UK retailer to introduce Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)-certified fresh fish counters, a move now rolled out across more than 260 of its stores.

13th November 2025

Waitrose launches ASC-certified counters

13th November 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Scottish Government has outlined £14 million worth of investments to support jobs and reduce emissions in marine sectors. A total of 60 projects focusing on innovation and sustainable development will receive grants…

13th November 2025

Scotland unveils latest wave of industry, coastal investments

13th November 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

European fishing industry body Europêche has welcomed the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/1444, setting strict brine-freezing conditions for tuna purse seiners, saying it “rightly recognises and values” the high sanitary and technological…

13th November 2025

New EU freezing-in-brine regulation scores industry praise

13th November 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Located in the heart of Idaho’s so called “Magic Valley” – a hub for agriculture and aquaculture – Rangen Aquaculture Nutrition’s Buhl feed mill has become the first in the United States…

13th November 2025

Rangen becomes America’s first ASC certified feed company

13th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishers are being put at the heart of a renewed push to make European fisheries more sustainable, fair and future-focused.

11th November 2025

EU moves to put fishers first in sustainability agenda

11th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood Europe has published its first Sustainability Manifesto: ‘A Fish and Seafood Industry Perspective’, a new document outlining a unified vision and a concrete framework to guide the sector’s environmental, social and…

11th November 2025

Seafood Europe publishes first Sustainability Manifesto

11th November 2025