Changes are taking place to both demersal and pelagic fishing capacity within fishing companies that are part of Icelandic fishing and processing group Síldarvinnslan. Subsidiary company Bergur ehf, based in…
Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has signed off a regulation to increase the quota allocation to the coastal fishery. The coastal fishery is limited to smaller fishing vessels during…
Russian fishing company Norebo has placed orders with the Severnaya (Northern) Shipyard in St Petersburg for a series of four longliners to operate in Far Eastern waters. The 63 metre…
Italian and US consumers can now find tuna on their supermarket shelves carrying the AENOR Tuna from Responsible Fishing (or APR Standard) label promoted by Spanish tuna operators’ body OPAGAC,…
The 28th Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global aims to revive the global seafood industry's in-person events, according to some of the Exposition’s exhibitors. The event is due to be held on…
When Stéphane Vedelaar and Nina Degryse ordered a new trawler to replace their existing shrimper Zeevonk BOU-24, they went to TCD in Urk – and to TCD’s neighbour Piet Brouwer…
Norwegian fishing company Sille Marie AS, based in Kristiansand, has placed an order for a 65.90 metre pelagic vessel to be built at Karstensens, with a June 2023 delivery date.…
The government’s process to select Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) needs a rethink, according to the NFFO, which states that human use issues are being deliberately relegated to a second…
Applying pressure on Coastal States for concrete action towards collaborative management of blue whiting, mackerel, and herring, NAPA has added the Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) to its supply chain…
Russia’s Federal Fisheries Agency has allocated quotas to Russian companies for fishing in Moroccan waters, as made available under the 2020 bilateral agreement between the two nations. Russian vessels have…