‘My Department’s present EMFF Operational Programme for the seafood sector is nearing its end and will be wound up in 2021,’ said Minister Michael Creed, speaking at the launch of…
So far this year there has been no move to conduct a capelin survey of Icelandic waters, and according to fishing vessel operators’ federation Samtök Fyrirtækja í Sjavarútvegi (SFS), the…
Royal Greenland’s brand new trawler Avataq, designed by Skipsteknisk and built at the Murueta shipyard in Spain, stopped in the Faroe Islands before heading for Greenland. Designed to focus on…
Spanish multi-product seafood producer Coper has committed to environmentally responsible practices in fishing and production of fish products. Comercial Pernas SL, one of Spain’s leading seafood producers, has been awarded…
An agreement between the Faroe Islands and Norway will allow Norwegian fishing vessels to tale 2500 tonnes of ling and blue ling, 2000 tonnes of tusk and 800 tonnes of…
The North-West Scotland-based salmon farming business has been working in the UK with forensic food analysis experts Oritain, for two years, deploying their pioneering ability to trace fresh salmon samples…
Sydney Fish Market kicked off a 36-hour seafood marathon with a record-breaking auction on 23rd December. The record sale of $1.4 million worth of fresh seafood signalled strong consumer demand…
US Coast Guard crews are searching for five crew of a crabbing vessel reported to have sunk near Sutwik Island, Alaska. Scandies Rose, a 130-foot crab fishing vessel registered in Dutch…
New outreach efforts underway by NOAA to ensure that fishery observers feel comfortable reporting harassment issues and ensure that fishing vessel crews, skippers and fishing company managers understand what constitutes…
French fishing company La Houle, based at St Guénolé in Brittany, has placed an order for a new trawler to be built at Vestværftet in Denmark. ‘We chose to build…