Serious doubts have been raised about the way systems for the sustainability of fish stocks is assessed. According to an expert paper produced by the Shetland Fishermen’s Association, arbitrary targets…
A new initiative at Royal Greenland’s plant in Paamiut to produce fillets from Greenland halibut provides 35 year-round jobs. The Paamiut factory was rebuilt last autumn, when a production line…
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has been closely cooperating with the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) to support enhanced fisheries control by providing additional surveillance capacity from a remotely…
The third of a series of four new trawlers for Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet JSC has been launched at the Vyborg Shipyard. White Sea’s keel was laid in May 2018 and…
Significant changes have taken place at the Concarneau-based Piriou Group, with Pascal and Jacques Piriou selling their stake, and taking it out of the hands of the family that established…
Now that the UK has made its exit from the European Union, the Danish industry looks forward to starting negotiations on the future of fisheries sector as the EU and…
The Coastal PO is calling all UK under 10 metre fishermen to register their experience of using the new CatchApp for logging catches. ‘We have received only complaints and have…
Icelandic fishing company Samherji, embroiled in a controversy over alleged bribery in Namibia, has pledged to honour its commitments as it disengages from its activities there. Of its three trawlers…
In response to the Coronavirus outbreak, sustainability NGO Friend of the the Sea and Friend of the Earth asks the Chinese government to permanently halt to sale of wildlife in…
Norwegian fishing company RM Kystfiske AS has taken delivery of a new Cleopatra 36 from Icelandic GRP boatbuilder Trefjar. The 11 metre Skårungen is under the 11gt threshold and is…