The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of New Caledonia, setting the stage for stronger collaboration in fisheries with the French…
A number of offers have been made for the assets of Icelandic tech company Skaginn 3X, which recently filed for bankruptcy, only a few years after its acquisition by Baader. According…
Cabo Verde and the European Union have signed a new protocol for the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) that provides EU vessels five years of access to the…
Everything is now in place for a new fish processing venture to open its doors in Newhaven. Lewes District Council allocated just over £1m to the project from a £12.68m…
Vinnslustöðin’s pelagic vessel Gullberg is back at sea after a refit completed at the Slippurinn shipyard in Akureyri, with a young skipper in charge. After leaving the yard, Gullberg made…
Thirteen surviving crew members of longliner Argos Georgia arrived in Stanley yesterday and a fourteenth is expected to arrive today. The formal search of the area 200 nautical miles east…
It’s a few weeks since Havfront, the Måløy-based developer and producer of robust heading and gutting machines for both seagoing and shore-based whitefish handling, announced that it had no choice…
Five small-scale aquaculture producers from the southeastern Mediterranean are participating in an innovative capacity development programme organised by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the FAO and New…
Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries have elected their chair and four vice-chairs for the next two and a half years. Carmen Crespo Díaz from Spain was unanimously…
A key part of the Hyba project in France for hybridisation and energy optimisation of the trawler fleet, trawler/seine netter Naoned is now entering the operational phase. Built by Piriou…