Fresher trawler Thórir SF-77 has been acquired by Síldarvinnslan from Hornafjörður fishing company Skinney-Thinganes and adds to the company’s demersal fishing capacity. With the handover, Thórir becomes Birtingur NK-119. The…
A productive first 2024 fishing season in the north-centre region of Peruvian waters and a significant year-on-year increase of the country’s supply from January to July 2024 has driven a…
More than 200 seafood products from around fifty companies are now able to benefit from the new Breizhmer quality guarantee label, providing consumers with assurances of the origin and quality…
Researcher Anne Sandvik of the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research reports an explosion in salmon lice in the northern part of Norway. ‘We have seen an explosive increase, doubling of…
The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a ruling confirming the invalidity of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) between the EU and Morocco. This decision has…
With a massive 8000 cubic metre capacity, the world’s largest live fish carrier has been delivered by the Cemre shipyard in Turkey to its Norwegian owners. The 110-metre, 24.60-metre breadth…
After 25 years of operating independently as one of Urk’s specialist net lofts, Nettenmakkerij Urk has been absorbed into VCU, bring its expertise, staff and customers with it. Harm Hendrik…
A venture to fatten wild-caught bluefin tuna in sea cages in the Bay of Biscay is being put into operation by Itsasbalfegó, a company established by the AZTI technology centre and the…
Three small-scale fishers made their way to Brussels to call on newly elected MEPs for a level playing field in the fisheries industry and for small-scale low-impact fisheries to be…
Speaking to representatives of fisheries associations, Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has laid out the key taks facing the country’s food sectors as a whole, stating that industry…