The Circular Fish Farming Nets (CFFN) project in which nylon netting is recycled in a manner that maintains all of the strength and other qualities of virgin material is up…
UK seafood industry body Seafish is partnering with government departments to put on a show at Seafood Expo North America in Boston this month. In partnership with Defra and the…
The electronic surveillance system used by the Argentinian Coast Guard to monitor the activities of fishing vessels has identified a Portuguese trawler as operating illegally – and a Coast Guard…
An agreement reached between the Faroe Islands and the UK for this year allows the Faroese fleet 850 tonnes of Greenland halibut in UK waters, plus haddock, ling and blue…
A pair of CatchCam gear-mounted cameras have been acquired by the Shetland Fish Producers’ Organisation for use by member vessels, and these have already returned positive results. Developed by SafetNet…
As part of operation Blue Pacific, the crew of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) with Kiribati shipriders on board has carried out a patrol of the Kiribati EEZ that included…
Faroese fishing company Varðin has sold its pelagic vessel Tróndur í Gøtu to new owners in Norway. Delivered by Karstensens in Skagen in 2010, the 81.60-metre, 16.60-metre breadth Tróndur í…
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has failed to achieve consensus on addressing subsidies that contribute to overfishing and overcapacity – following four days of intense negotiation, which were extended for…
Research by the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) is the basis of a warning that Atlanto-Scandian herring in the Northeast Atlantic could face a potential repeat of the 1960s…
The first payloads of capelin caught in the Barents Sea by the Russian fleet are on their way to Murmansk. Ten fishing vessels are reported to have been active, with…
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