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…
The first trawler to be built at Macduff for skipper Peter Lovie, Endeavour V, is the latest instalment in a relationship that goes back 35 years – and the yard’s…
European fishing industry body Europêche is demanding that the European Union and the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission close the loopholes that have allowed fishing with drift nets to continue, despite…
The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has made a furious response to suggestions from the European Commission that there would be no reallocation of fish stocks between EU countries to ease…
Established fishing companies Seaview and Seafish are forming a new venture with their Spanish partners. New company Polar Seafish Ltd merges Polar Ltd and Nova Seafish Ltd, both of which…