Compensation for Bay of Biscay closures
France’s Minister for Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu has confirmed that compensation will be payable to both fishing operators affected by the temporary closure of Bay of Biscay fishing grounds, and…
France’s Minister for Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu has confirmed that compensation will be payable to both fishing operators affected by the temporary closure of Bay of Biscay fishing grounds, and…
The decision by French authorities to extend the closure to its own fleet of Bay of Biscay waters to include those under the flags of other EU member states will…
Survey catches of cod in the inshore waters around Shetland last year were at their best for five years, according to scientists at UHI Shetland. Alongside the strong cod stock,…
Norway’s Institute of Marine Research has recommended that this year the Barents Sea shrimp catch should no texceed 143,000 tonnes. This represents a 10,000 reduction over the 2023 quota recommendation,…
Aiming to establish a 24,000-tonne salmon farming facility near Thorlákshöfn in southern Iceland, GeoSalmo has completed a financing round of €13.4 million with the participation of Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic and…
As part of its participation in the activities of CCAMLR and as part of bilateral co-operation with Namibia, Ukraine is sending a researcher from the State Fishery Agency’s Institute of…
Dockside boarding and inspection training has been delivered to Kiribati officials as a part of the Australian Government’s ongoing commitment to build monitoring, control, and surveillance (MCS) capacity in the…
The NFFO has hit back as reports of a study concluding that trawling is a major source of carbon emissions, accusing the mainstream media of trotting outdiscredited claims about the…
Danish company Norbech AS has been acquired by new owners, and will revert to its former name of Uni-Food Technic AS. Norbech was declared bankrupt in December last year. The…
COFI Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management, new body with a global remit, began its inaugural meeting with key items on the agenda including best practices and approaches for the effective management…