World Fishing News
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NewsMauritania octopus fishery drives up sustainability
The country is working to ensure that its octopus fishery is sustainable
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NewsMedFish4Ever Summit: Fisheries ministers urged to end illegal bottom trawling
Med Sea Alliance coalition wants to see decisive action taken to end bottom trawling in areas of the Mediterranean where it’s already banned
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NewsNew survey finds artisanal fisher failings in Eastern African
Traffic highlights the scale of unregulated and occasionally illegal-harvested marine species in nearshore waters
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NewsIs a repeat of the herring crash of the 1960s afoot?
The MSC says that stocks are at risk of collapse when they are overexploited year on year
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NewsMowi salmon wagon raises thousands for charities
Food truck served barbequed salmon dishes at 12 events in Scotland in 2023
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NewsLower herring, mackerel quotas advised for Northeast Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
ICES says a steep cut of 44% is needed in the Atlanto-Scandian herring total allowable catch in 2024
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NewsReport: EU fishers being undermined by ‘unfair’ Chinese competition
European Parliament has been warned that Chinese distant water fleets are causing considerable environmental, social and economic problems
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NewsPalau joins Global Fishing Watch
Palau joins Global Fishing Watch and agrees to share vessel tracking data to combat illegal and unsustainable fishing
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NewsEU fishers call for dedicated minister
A dedicated fisheries minister will help the EU meet its food security targets, says Europêche
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NewsDozens of companies register for krill replacement competition
Registrants for the F3 Krill Replacement Challenge have a variety of products ranging from black soldier fly and algae to single-cell proteins
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NewsNew MD announced for BioMar Chile
Well-known Chilean aquaculture executive Derek Kohn will take up the role from November 2023
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NewsNew sustainable seafood campaign launches
Global Seafood Alliance is running its second yearly campaign to encourage consumers to choose sustainable seafood
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NewsOctopus and mahi-mahi ‘badly managed’ says SFP
Lack of data and effective regulation hindering the sustainable management of octopus and mahi-mahi, says Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
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NewsScottish catch value bounces back (but not to pre-Covid levels)
Despite its challenges, 2022 was a strong year for the fishing sector, says Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon
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NewsWaitrose looks to help migrant fishers after confirming UK industry failings
UK supermarket chain says it recognises the global fishing industry as a “high-risk area” for poor working conditions
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NewsIceland’s SVN buys half of Ice Fresh from Samherji
Fishing company completes the 50% purchase of seafood sales firm to conclude negotiations first announced at the end of March 2023
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NewsSustainable measures set for North-West Atlantic fisheries
More sustainable measures have been put in place for North-West Atlantic fisheries
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NewsTrinidad and Tobago red-carded for illegal fish failings
Identified as a non-cooperating country in the fight against IUU fishing, all of the country’s wild-caught fish is banned from the EU
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NewsWTO agrees ‘pivotal’ subsidies curb
The World Trade Organization has broadly agreed to curb subsidies which contribute to overfishing
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NewsISI names new CEO
Ægir Páll Friðbertsson is named as new CEO of Iceland Seafood International as Bjarni Ármannsson steps down
