Sustainable Fishing

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Increased management and law enforcement interventions are needed to ensure East African fisheries and the subsequent trade in their marine resources are legal and sustainable, according to Traffic, with its new report…

3rd October 2023

New survey finds artisanal fisher failings in Eastern African

3rd October 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Norway/Uruguay-based Pesquera Azul believes its successful trial of a new catch protection cage in whale-infested waters in the southern Indian Ocean could be a potential game-changer for the longline fishing industry as…

22nd September 2023

Longline company lauds new whale depredation solution

22nd September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 10% or 10,464 tonnes year-on-year in August 2023 to a total 114,483 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

18th September 2023

Larger whitefish, mackerel landings lift Iceland’s August catch

18th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 16% or 13,864 tonnes year-on-year in July 2023 to a total 101,705 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

29th August 2023

Icelandic fleet boosted by July pelagic catch

29th August 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

To support US west coast salmon and steelhead populations, NOAA Fisheries has recommended US$106.1 million in funding for 16 new and continuing programmes and projects through its Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Grant Program. 

21st August 2023

US$106m proposed for Pacific salmon recovery

21st August 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The significant effects of climate change and increased human activity on Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and the entire Arctic ecosystem are explained in a newly-released scientific review article.

21st August 2023

Scientists sound alarm on climate change consequences for cod

21st August 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Having analysed recommendations from the Peruvian Sea Institute (Imarpe), Peru’s Ministry of Production (Produce) has announced it will not allow the first anchovy season in the north-central zone (LMTCP North-Centre) to take…

12th June 2023

Peru halts first anchovy season

12th June 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Bluewild AS, Ulstein Design & Solutions AS and Westcon Yards have been awarded Ship of the Year 2023 for the environmentally-friendly factory trawler Ecofive. 

7th June 2023

Groundbreaking fishing vessel wins Ship of the Year

7th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet in the first quarter of this year decreased by 8% or more than 44,000 tonnes compared with the first three months…

1st June 2023

Iceland’s Q1 catch slips but value holds firm

1st June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet decreased by 27% or more than 53,300 tonnes in February, with a total 198,365 tonnes. 

15th March 2023

Iceland’s catch down by over a quarter

15th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 23% or almost 261,000 tonnes in 2022, with a total 1,414,598 tonnes. Meanwhile, the year’s catch value climbed…

6th March 2023

Iceland’s 2022 catch value increases 20%

6th March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

With Northeast Atlantic coastal states’ self-imposed deadline to reach an agreement on mackerel quota allocations approaching at the end of March, UK food retailer Waitrose & Partners has joined supply chain businesses…

1st March 2023

Waitrose joins calls for pelagic sustainability

1st March 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A collaboration memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been agreed by the Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) certification programme and the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), with the two groups looking to expand their global…

1st March 2023

Seafood certifiers team up

1st March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New guidance has been published in Australia to help improve cooperation between the offshore petroleum and fishing industries.

27th February 2023

New seismic advice issued

27th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

There are many potential paths to achieve the EU’s ambition of reducing the fishing sector’s contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% by 2030 and of becoming climate neutral by 2050,…

3rd February 2023

‘Decarbon EU fleet quicker’

3rd February 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new forum has launched to support the UK fishing fleet’s transition to net zero.

20th January 2023

Targeting net-zero fishing

20th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 22% or almost 260,000 tonnes last year, reaching a total 1,417,756 tonnes.

16th January 2023

Icelands 22 catch soars

16th January 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

European fishing industry trade body Europêche has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Innomar AS, a pioneering company that provides ocean technology for fisheries, aquaculture, ocean data and marine operations. 

11th January 2023

Europêche–Innomar MOU

11th January 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Cameroon has been identified by the European Commission as a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and has been issued with a so-called “red card”.

9th January 2023

EU red cards Cameroon

9th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A much lower pelagic catch led the Icelandic fishing fleet to land 70,628 tonnes of wild-capture fish and shellfish last month, down 27% from November 2021’s 96,641 tonnes.

20th December 2022

Icelandic catch falls

20th December 2022