The first seafood exhibition to take place Barcelona is already larger than any previous event in Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global’s history. The organisers expect it to reignite the global…
Fishing industry bodies are looking to rule out social-washing as they emphasise the importance of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention C188 as the standard for human and labour rights…
Murmansk fishing group FEST has been taken over by Norebo, one of the giants of the Russian fishing industry. According to a statement by Norebo, the Russian federal act on…
The hull of Rimfrost’s new 120 metre krill vessel has been launched by its Turkish builder. The ultra-modern catcher/processor is built to a Kongsberg design and will be completed at…
The UK offshore sector aims to spend £16.60 billion on recovering more than a million tonnes of disused oil and gas structures from the North Sea over the coming decade.…
The 2021 Annual Economic Report on the EU fishing fleet confirms that in 2019, the fleet maintained overall profitability. The report projects similar profitability levels for 2020, despite the effects…
The main engine, gensets, refrigeration system, pumps, heat exchangers and tanks are placed in the hull of Kapitan Breichman, one of the trawler series being built at St Petersburg’s Severnaya…
Pacifical, the market development company of the nine Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Pacific Island nations, and the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), have announced a partnership to implement the…
Owners of Shetland pelagic vessel Antarctic II have placed an order with a Spanish shipbuilder for its new pelagic trawler. Fiskebas Fishing Co Ltd has operated since 1986 and its…
Norwegian fishing company Loran is planning to build a revolutionary longliner capable of reducing fossil fuel consumption by 40%, in addition to which the new Loran will be prepared for…