A class action brought by Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) and French small-scale fishermen over the legality of the mechanism behind the French bluefin tuna quota allocation has languished…
The MEST Shipyard in Tórshavn has completed a major reconstructon of an aquaculture service vessel for Bakkafrost, and has won a contract for a major refit or another to operate…
Having been unsuccessful in reaching agreements on fisheries with Norway and the Faroe Islands, the UK has finally reach a bilateral fisheries agreement with the European Union for the remained…
As WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies enter their final stage, and following two decades of wrangling, trade ministers from 164 countries are resolved to secure an agreement ahead of this…
The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) – a collective of 50 retailers and supply chain businesses working together to secure sustainable management of key pelagic stocks – has started…
While the trade deal struck by the UK with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein has been welcomed by Norwegian industry body Fiskebåt, there has been a less than positive response from…
A programme of working with live cod has been a success for Royal Greenland, as this has developed since the initial pilot project in 2015. The Nutaaq cod is produced…
France’s Minister for the Sea Annick Girardin has announced that aid measures for the fishing and seafood industry to compensate for Brexit-related losses of revenue are now live. Two compensation…
Two Westman Islands pelagic vessels, Kap and Huginn, have been searching for mackerel with little success so far. ‘The water is pretty cold, eight to nine degrees on the surface.…
New entrants to fishing will be able to apply for funding towards the purchase of a second hand fishing vessel with support being made available through Marine Fund Scotland (MFS).…