Banding together to challenge UK MPAs
With France in the lead, eight European states with Atlantic coastlines are demanding that Brussels challenges the thirteen Marine Protected Areas instituted by the UK in March. France’s Minister for…
With France in the lead, eight European states with Atlantic coastlines are demanding that Brussels challenges the thirteen Marine Protected Areas instituted by the UK in March. France’s Minister for…
Faroese pelagic vessels have been focusing on blue whiting in home waters, and making a series of big landings both at home and overseas in the recent weeks. Last week…
Brixham’s famous trawler race came to an end a few years ago due to safety concerns, and it seemed like the end of an era – but it’ll be back…
The final auction to be held in Plymouth will take place on 17th May, after Plymouth Trawler Agents informed its customers that it is set to cease trading later this…
Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) has told the Canadian government that the 2024 northern cod harvest should be increased – but under a continued inshore stewardship fishery…
Efforts are underway to secure MSC certification for Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) in recognition of the fishery's sustainability. Tuna Australia is spearheading this initiative through a project part funded by the Fisheries Research…
The whole crew of a 35-metre longliner were rescued in an operation off Cape Town, with lifeboats operated by South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute central to the operation. The…
The Danish government is putting DKK112 million (€15 million) into five funds, aiming to make Danish fisheries and aquaculture into leaders in environmental terms. This is a reopening of the…
The future is in controllable trawl doors, according to Torben Søndergaard at MLD, which has been developing its high tech systems in the Danish port of Esbjerg, initially for pelagic…
The UK’s last remaining distant waters trawler, the 81-metre Kirkella operated by UK Fisheries, is fishing on Flemish Cap, providing a British presence on these fishing grounds for the first…