Sustainable Fishing

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Guðmundur Gunnarsson accepted the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition’s Outstanding Achievement award for his contributions to the development of fishing gear – and a few days later he was decorated by President of Iceland…

27th July 2022

Recognition of a 50-year career

27th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Reduced catches across all of Iceland’s main fisheries categories led the country’s fishing fleet to land 29% less seafood last month, with the capture of 35,237 tonnes of fish and shellfish, according…

18th July 2022

29% fall in Icelandic fish

18th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The opening morning of Australia’s Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop fishery (BSCZSF) 2022 season brought the confirmation that it had achieved certification for its sustainable fisheries practices and management.

12th July 2022

Aussie certified scallops

12th July 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

The Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) eco-labelling scheme is often described as the “gold standard” for sustainable seafood, yet numerous controversial certifications – from Australian orange roughy to Antarctic krill to Atlantic bluefin…

5th July 2022

On The Hook: Why we’re running an external review into the MSC

5th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The new Fisheries Standard developed by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has been unanimously approved by the certification programme’s Board of Trustees.

29th June 2022

MSC standard approved

29th June 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Agriculture, aquaculture and fishing – three sectors producing food and materials that are fundamental to humanity’s survival – are being supported to take accountability for their impacts, following the publication of a…

28th June 2022

New sustainability standard

28th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A total 563,609 tonnes of fisheries products were caught by Iceland’s fishing fleet in the opening quarter of 2022, with the landings generating a first-sales value of ISK 55.8 billion. Compared with…

20th June 2022

Q1 pelagic earnings soar

20th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Iceland’s Marine & Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) has issued its fishing opportunities advice for the forthcoming 2022/23 season and 28 fish stocks in Icelandic waters, with its recommendations including reduced quotas for…

20th June 2022

Iceland to cut quotas

20th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The lack of flexibility and the complexity of the EU’s current Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) are preventing the fishing sector from adapting to the challenges to come, the European Association of Fish…

15th June 2022

Brussels told CFP is too ‘inflexible’

15th June 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Peruvian company TASA has taken ownership of the fishing industry’s first unmanned surface vessel (USV) for cost effective fish finding and oceanographic and marine resource monitoring.

15th June 2022

First fisheries drone goes to Peru

15th June 2022