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New Zealand’s fishing industry has welcomed an increase to this seasons hoki quota as well as the reopening of an orange roughy fishery on the north west of the South Island, which…

VComms, a subsidiary of SatComms, a leading provider of satellite communication solutions based in Australia, has been selected by the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) of Papua New Guinea to provide a turnkey…

Chinese trawler captain Zhan Qixiong has been returned by charter plane to Fuzhou, capital of southeast Chinas Fujian Province, following his high profile detention in Japan.

At the AgriFish Council meeting in Brussels on Monday 27 September, Scottish fishermen will be pressing the European Commission to give a clear signal of intent that strong action will be taken…

New Zealand’s Ministry of Fisheries has announced catch limits and other management controls for two new species - bladder kelp and Patagonian toothfish - that will become part of New Zealands internationally-recognised…

Aquaculture operations in southern Taiwans Kaohsiung County suffered combined losses of TWD 470 million (€11.2 million/$14.9 million) as a result of flooding caused by the recent Typhoon Fanapi, said the county governments…

An international aquaculture conference with more than 700 participants from 60 countries brought together to evaluate where fish farming stands today and to look at upcoming challenges and opportunities gets underway today…

The North Sea’s first ‘No Take Zone’ (NTZ) has been formally established to protect marine wildlife off Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. This is the third NTZ to be designated in British waters…

China has stepped up its maritime dispute with Japan by halting high-level exchanges over the extended detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain.

Norwegian aquaculture company Cermaq ASA sold all its shares in Marine Farms ASA (MAFA) to Morpol for NOK 18.50 (€2.32/$3.03) per share on Friday 17 September having only bought 24.6% of MAFA…

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has appointed Accreditation Services International (ASI) as its independent accreditation body as it moves towards its core task of managing the ASC standards, developed by the Aquaculture…