VMS

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

With fisheries and aquaculture facing mounting pressure to improve safety, sustainability and transparency, digital technologies are moving rapidly from pilot projects into everyday operations. Seafood and Fisheries Emerging Technologies’ (SAFET’s) latest report, The Fourth Industrial Revolution at Sea, examines how…

22nd January 2026

How the Fourth Industrial Revolution is reshaping fisheries and aquaculture

22nd January 2026

OPINION

OPINION

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) concluded its annual meeting with a mix of meaningful progress and consequential deferrals – outcomes that not only validate the Commission’s capacity to deliver science-based reforms but also highlight areas where urgent…

10th December 2025

Delivering on science while delaying monitoring for Pacific tuna fisheries: ISSF’s response to the WCPFC annual meeting

10th December 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

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing – every year on 5 June – is not merely a note on the calendar, it is a global call…

5th June 2025

GFCM: Major advances made in the fight against IUU fishing

5th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The United Kingdom’s Royal Navy Maritime Domain Awareness Programme (MDAP) and Global Fishing Watch have signed an information sharing letter of intent (LoI) to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).

3rd December 2024

UK Royal Navy, Global Fishing Watch team up to tackle IUU

3rd December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Regional fisheries management organisation (RFMO), the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has advised that it is gearing up to effectively curb illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Mediterranean and the…

6th June 2024

FAO-GFCM strengthening efforts to eradicate IUU

6th June 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New rules that modernise the way fishing activities are controlled in the European Union have been introduced, covering EU vessels and non-EU vessels fishing in Union waters.

10th January 2024

Tighter EU fisheries control rules enter into force

10th January 2024

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The Government of Malta has chosen the vessel monitoring system (VMS) from Spanish technology company Satlink to equip 119 of the vessels in its fishing fleet.

13th October 2022

Malta chooses VMS provider

13th October 2022

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Spanish technology group Satlink is the only foreign firm that has been certified and authorised by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to supply systems for the UK’s inshore vessel monitoring scheme which…

6th June 2022

Satlink UK approval

6th June 2022