Friend of the Sea has announced certification of the Marpesca Group (Grupo Marpesca) for sustainable seafood production practices. Marpesca can now display the Friend of the Sea eco-label on its…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Beitir docked in Neskaupstaður, the latest in a series of landings to the company’s fishmeal plants in eastern Iceland. This time Beitir was alongside with the full…
Barents Sea Greenland halibut and opilio crab fisheries have been awarded MSC certification as sustainable and well-managed fisheries. These catches can be sold to markets in Europe, US and Russia,…
Samherji’s pelagic vessel Margrét spent eight days waiting for blue whiting to appear on fishing grounds south of the Faroe Islands – and then filled up in just two days…
A €100 million Italian State aid scheme to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)has been approved by the European Commission, providing a lifeline to the agricultural, forestry, fishery and aquaculture…
The keel-laying ceremony for two new crabbing vessels to be built for Magadan fishing company Mag Sea International at the Khabarovsk Shipyard took place online, with a bare minimum of…
International fishing and processing group Nueva Pescanova is participating in the fight against COVID-19 by donating products to feed medical staff and auxiliary personnel at the field hospital at the…
Thyborøn company Lynge Fiskeri, with its two new shareholders Claus Møller Pedersen and Fredrik Toftegaard, has acquired Hanstholm trawler Karen Nielsen HM-127 and renamed it Myggenæs HM-227 – and has…
Brim’s fresher trawler Helga María docked in Reykjavík yesterday with roughly 180 tonnes of fish on board, and with fishing effort being carefully managed during the Covid-19 crisis, will now…
The announcement of a further £3.5 million to help larger commercial fishing vessels brings the total made available to the seafood industry by the Scottish Government from new and existing…