Loligo season cancelled
The Falkland Islands government has cancelled this year’s second loligo squid season, following a survey carried out in July in partnership with fishing companies. The survey results showed the lowest…
The Falkland Islands government has cancelled this year’s second loligo squid season, following a survey carried out in July in partnership with fishing companies. The survey results showed the lowest…
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has successfully concluded Operation Island Chief 2024 (OPIC24), a 12-day initiative focused on monitoring and surveillance across the Pacific region to ensure the…
It’s remarkable how quickly the Scottish Pelagic Industry-Science Data Collection Programme (SPISDCP) has progressed since the initial feasibility study in 2018, which has now led to data being used in…
The latest snapshot of the world’s large-scale tuna purse seine fleet by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) indicates that fishing capacity has seen a 3% increase, while the number of such…
Progress is being made towards lifting the yellow card that the European Union gave Ecuador in 2019, according to Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries Sonsoles García. She…
Seafish is launching a survey to assess the landscape around the issue of end-of-life fishing gear in the UK, aiming ultimately to inform future sustainable management, to help minimise waste…
There’s increasing concern about unexplained structural decline of European lobster in the Netherlands’ Eastern Scheldt lobster fishery. Accurate stock assessment is essential for understanding these declines and implementing sustainable management,…
A $34 million boost in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding towards grants, cooperative institutes, contracts and federal employment is going into modernising NOAA Fisheries' data, infrastructure and workforce. ‘Rapidly changing oceanic conditions,…
New netter/longliner Ingeborg Arntsen, built by Vestværft for Lofoten brothers Jack-Allan and Hans-Michael Arntsen, represents a serious step up over their older vessel in terms of both operational efficiency and…
Sardine production in Mexico saw a 21% increase in 2023, according to figures from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, making it the country’s largest-scale fishery. Of the 771,015-tonne…