RFC announces 2021 preliminary catch figures
Despite the challenges faced by the Russian fishing industry this year, the Russian Fishery Company expects that its 2021 figures will show that 90% of its Alaska pollock quota has…
Despite the challenges faced by the Russian fishing industry this year, the Russian Fishery Company expects that its 2021 figures will show that 90% of its Alaska pollock quota has…
The latest in a series of freezer trawlers for Greenland built at Astilleros de Murueta in Spain has been delivered as Nataarnaq arrived in Nuuk for the first time. Built…
Larsnes Mek Verksted has been contracted to build a 79.27 metre by 15 metre beam live fish carrier for Rostein AS, which will be the yard’s newbuild no 71 and…
With 2021 almost at an end, Fishfacts has packed a year’s worth of fishing fleet activity into a series of short videos. Set to a backing track that most of…
The announcement of an Australia-UK free trade agreement has been welcomed by Seafood Industry Australia as the industry works to diversify its markets. ‘This announcement marks a period of renewed…
Seafood industry veteran Wally Stevens, who has held various leadership roles with the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) for the past 14 years and is currently chief executive officer, is retiring…
The UK government is putting £75 million into rejuvenating Britain’s fisheries with the second and third parts of the overall £100 million Seafood Fund. This latest injection of cash is…
Greenlandic pelagic vessels Polar Amaroq and Polar Ammassak, which are partly in the ownership of Icelandic operator Síldarvinnslan, have been fishing for capelin over Christmas. Both sailed on 23rd December,…
In August 2021 Hurricane Ida blasted ashore along the Louisiana coast, destroying everything in its path. Infrastructure was hard hit, especially infrastructure vital to Louisiana’s $2.4 billion seafood industry. Four months…
North Shields Fish Quay is the latest harbour to join the Fishing for Litter project in the UK. Fishing for Litter, the original ocean cleanup project, may not garner the…