French producers disappointed with ICCAT outcomes
After having been hopeful following the progress made a year ago, French tuna producers’ body Orthongel has come away from the 29th regular meeting of ICCAT disappointed with the lack…
After having been hopeful following the progress made a year ago, French tuna producers’ body Orthongel has come away from the 29th regular meeting of ICCAT disappointed with the lack…
One of the founders of Icelandic fishing giant Samherji is set to step down in the next few day after more than forty years at the centre of the company’s…
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) have formalised a new partnership aimed at strengthening the protection of human rights and labour standards for…
An Australian court has handed down increasingly tough penalties to the crews of Indonesian fishing vessels intercepted in Australian waters. Both vessels were destroyed at sea and the crews faced…
Arctic Fish has invested in new aquaculture systems from Hampiðjan’s subsidiaries Mørenot Aquaculture and Fiizk Protection for its operations in Iceland's Westfjords. The company has purchased 34 HDPE cage nets…
French industry organisations are raising the alarm as they face a reduction in the national mackerlel quota from around 10,000 tonnes to as little as 1600 tonnes in 2016. ‘Mackerel…
Optimar is a key technology partner in the development of the nephrops stunning & tailing machine, which has nabbed the first-ever Catch Welfare Innovation Award. The machine is designed to…
A looming crisis faces Ireland’s fishing industry as catastrophic quota cuts that threaten the survival of its pelagic fleet, warns The Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO). The industry is backing…
Stating that the sustainability of marine resources must necessarily go hand in hand with recognising the efforts of the fishing sector and guaranteeing its profitability, Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries…
The Freire Shipyard in Vigo has celebrated the keel laying of the new research vessel for Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU -Technical University of Denmark). The 70-metre Dana V will have…