Cefas has launched a campaign to raise awareness within the UK fishing community of the threat to native species from the non-native species of lobster, the American lobster. This Defra-funded…
Guaranteeing continued access to UK waters and maintaining reciprocal market access are key issues in the Brexit negotiations, according to Spanish fishing industry body CEPESCA. ‘If Spain's objective is to…
On 8th March, International Women’s Day, Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI) sends an invitation to the seafood community to take on board that IIU is as serious as IUU.…
Funds are to be provided to support US communities affected by fishery disasters between 2017 and 2019. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the allocation of $65 million to communities…
A contract was signed this week between the Nobel Brothers Shipyard at Rybinsk and Aqua-Invest for a new crabber. This new crabber project comes under the Russian government’s new quota…
Valka’s newly appointed director of sales, Jón Birgir Gunnarsson, has played a significant role in the growth and globalisation of Icelandic tech companies such as Marel, Controlant and Skaginn 3X.…
The organisers of next week’s Irish Skipper Expo 2020 have announced that the show originally scheduled for 13-14th March in Limerick has been postponed due to uncertainty over the escalation…
Parliamentarians and fisheries sector representatives met in Westminster to discuss the socio-economic challenges and opportunities facing fishing UK communities. The Social and Economic Sustainability event, arranged by the All Party…
Piriou has delivered new 23 metre trawler Anthémis to owners in St Brieuc. The new trawler is built to fish in the Celtic Sea and the Channel. According to Piriou’s…
The newly elected chair of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries (PECH) joined last week's Europêche General Assembly meeting to discuss the many pressing issues faced by the fishing sector.…