Norwegian waters could be off-limits for both EU and UK fishing vessels from 1st January, as Norway’s efforts to get the EU and UK to negotiate have so far come…
Norwegian fishing company Selvåg Senior AS is going ahead with the construction of a new pelagic vessel which will be packed with innovative environmental technology. The new 79.50 metre by…
Four of the officers running a trawler in the Arabian Sea got in touch with fishing gear supplier Hampiðjan to help out in solving the problem of a by-catch of…
Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 87% came from stocks at healthy levels of abundance, according to the newest International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) Status of the Stocks report.…
The Faroe Islands have signed fisheries agreements for 2021 with Russia and with Greenland. In Russian waters, the Faroese groundfish fleet’s cod allocation rises from 15,690 tonnes this year to…
Former fisherman and current president of the regional fisheries committee Olivier Le Nezet has been elected president of the company managing the fishing port of Lorient. ‘I am very satisfied…
Speaking in Parliament, Icelandic minister of fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson confirmed that a capelin survey using three commercial fishing vessels will take place this month. The Marine Research Institute is…
After four and half years of close co-operation, the European Commission is lifting Kiribati’s yellow card, the official warning issued by the European Union to trading partners falling short of…
With the Falkland Islands fishing industry facing the imposition of tariffs on its exports to the EU from the 1st January, the Falklands government is pinning hopes on a last-minute,…
The small-scale lumpfish fishery based in Iceland has regained its MSC certification, after making the necessary improvements in recent years to meet the science-based standard for sustainable fishing. The initial certificate was…