Sinn Fein’s spokesman for Fisheries and the Marine Padraig Mac Lochlainn has appealed directly to Ireland’s Fisheries Minister Charlie McConalogue, requesting that he ensure that the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority…
A formal warning to the Republic of Cameroon by the European Union means that more will have to be done to manage fisheries – or face the close of EU…
Longliner Masilik, owned by Royal Greenland, has sailed from the Slippurinn yard in Akureyri, one of a series of major repair and maintenance jobs at the yard over recent months.…
The ninth new tuna purse seiner to be built at Piriou’s yard in Vietnam has been delivered to Via Océan – formerly Armement Saupiquet, and now part of the Bolton…
A coalition of influential industry and multi-stakeholder platforms in the seafood sector have released a joint statement calling for action to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. In its…
This year’s capelin season has finally started for the Icelandic fleet, with the first landings to Neskaupstaður, Vopnafjörður and the Westman Islands. Fishing has been in the Meðallandsbugt area west…
A new 20 metre netter for South-West fishing company Waterdance is taking shape at Parkol Marine Engineering in Whitby. Due to be delivered in April, this will be the first…
After an exacting 12-month re-assessment, the South African hake trawl fishery has been certified ‘sustainable’ by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for a fourth five-year period. ‘The South African hake…
Norway has branded as unacceptable the EU’s decision to allocate a quota of its own in the Svalbard zone, claiming that this move is contrary to Norway's sovereign rights under…
Relative stability has been a cornerstone of the management of EU fisheries – but the EU Commission has cast aside this ‘fair’ method of allocating quotas in concluding a Brexit…