This year’s seabed clean-up operation run by Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries is well underway – and has been disappointingly successful in retrieving lost fishing gear. 64-metre pelagic vessel Vikingbank has…
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) opened at the beginning of this month a decommissioning scheme for the Dutch fleet, backed by a €155 million fund. A sticking point for the…
Speaking last week in response to Parliamentary questions, Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Svandís Svavarsdóttir has stated that mackerel fisheries across the North-East Atlantic have in recent years far exceeded the…
The announcement that Thai Union and Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods have formed an alliance in North America with leading plant-based seafood brand The ISH Food Company comes alongside…
The Nakhodka Ship Repair Yard in the Russian Far East has launched the first of a series of eight new crabbing vessels. Kapitan Khazan is a 57.70 metre , 12.60…
Trawl doors from Morgère have undergone a makeover and are now getting a vibrant yellow colour scheme. The yellow trawls doors will be easier for crew to see when working…
At the Damen Maaskant Fishery Festival on 3rd September, possibilities were presented for fishing operators to improve emissions, fuel economy, energy efficiency and profitability. Stands from divisions within the Damen…
NOAA Enforcement inspected shipment containers in New York and removed an estimated 20 tonnes (43,800 pounds) of illegal catfish, and a federal judge found four seafood importers guilty in a…
August this year saw yet another record broken for exports of Norwegian seafood production –with exports worth NoK12.50 billion. While this is the highest ever single month in terms of…
Morocco and Angola have become Parties to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to prevent, deter, and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, thirty days after depositing their…