Sustainability

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Lorient fishing company APAK operates a modern fleet of vessels that alternate between demersal trawling and pelagic pair trawling, as well as seine netting. They land a variety of species across the…

26th September 2024

Developing a digital profile for green conversion

26th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Accountability.Fish has renewed its call for increased transparency and openness in the decision-making processes of regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs).

25th September 2024

WCPFC slammed for excluding NGO observers from meetings

25th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union and Guinea-Bissau have signed a new protocol for their fisheries partnership, enabling EU vessels to access Guinea-Bissau’s waters for five years.

24th September 2024

EU and Guinea-Bissau renew sustainable fisheries partnership

24th September 2024

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Project ReCon, the circular economy initiative driven by the Spanish technology company Satlink to give a second life to echosounder buoys used in tropical tuna fishing, has arrived in Mozambique through new…

24th September 2024

Satlink’s Project Recon lands in Mozambique

24th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Tuna verification company, Pacifical, has expanded its traceability platform deployed at the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) MSC-certified tuna fishery.

23rd September 2024

Pacifical expands tuna traceability platform

23rd September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Sixty-eight shrimp farmers from Grupo Granjas Marinas (GGM) in Honduras have successfully completed a shrimp welfare training course, elevating health and welfare standards in the country’s aquaculture sector.

23rd September 2024

Honduran shrimp farmer training boosts welfare

23rd September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Within nine months of launching, the International Fund for Fishing Safety, (IFFS) has committed funding totalling £220,000 to support six fishing safety projects in South Africa, Ghana, Fiji, Kenya, Thailand and Vietnam.…

23rd September 2024

International Fund for Fishing Safety – 65,000 fishers supported

23rd September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New rules to combat unsustainable fishing practices have been hailed by the Irish fishing industry as a big step forward in safeguarding shared fish stocks, which it says are threatened by overfishing…

23rd September 2024

Ireland welcomes new fisheries protection rules

23rd September 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

India’s Department of Fisheries under the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has designated the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) as a Centre of Excellence for seaweed cultivation.

23rd September 2024

CMFRI designated as India’s centre of excellence for seaweed cultivation

23rd September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has developed a new toolkit to support the sustainable management of small-scale fisheries in Senegal.

20th September 2024

EJF toolkit empowers Senegal’s fishers

20th September 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Having seen a steady decline in its commercially- and socially-important lake whitefish fishery, Great Lakes St Lawrence Governors & Premiers (GSGP) is two years into a long-term project facilitating a turnaround in…

19th September 2024

GSGP: We’re creating value beyond the fillet

19th September 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Having collaborative partners and being able to develop very clear business plans that not only solve challenges, but which are economically feasible and can generate real revenue for those companies will further…

19th September 2024

100% Fish and the power of partnerships

19th September 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Seafood value chains are increasingly changing mindsets and becoming more collaborative to deal with the issue of valuable raw material by-products going to waste, according to Thor Sigfusson, Founder and Chairman of…

19th September 2024

Fish Waste for Profit: Turning 10m tonnes of waste into 10m tonnes of value

19th September 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Oceana is urging the European Commission to expand labelling requirements for processed seafood products, calling for greater transparency for consumers.

19th September 2024

Oceana demands processed seafood transparency

19th September 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Innovation has been central to the success of Iceland’s fisheries and seafood sectors and is an increasingly important factor behind the value that they are creating. But this progress must be further…

18th September 2024

Iceland must keep innovating, insists fisheries minister

18th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Having appointed Costas Kadis to the position of Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, EU President Ursula von der Leyen has outlined Kadis’s priorities moving forward, urging the former Cypriot politician and his fellow new commissioners to “hit the…

18th September 2024

New EU fisheries chief tasked with safeguarding industry and environment

18th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Europêche has expressed strong support for the nomination of Costas Kadis as the new Commissioner-Designate for Fisheries and Oceans.

18th September 2024

Europêche welcomes new Fisheries Commissioner

18th September 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Dundee, Scotland-based aquaculture technology company Ace Aquatec has expanded the presence of its products into Oceania, with New Zealand-based king salmon producer Mount Cook Alpine Salmon seeing great benefits from the award-winning…

18th September 2024

Ace Aquatec extends biomass technology to New Zealand

18th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A coalition of 22 NGOs has released joint recommendations to the EU regarding fishing opportunities for 2025, urging action to restore and maintain sustainable fish stocks.

17th September 2024

NGOs call for urgent action to restore fish stocks

17th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has proposed a revision to strengthen EU regulations against unsustainable fishing practices by non-EU countries.

16th September 2024

EU targets non-member fishing practices

16th September 2024