The UK fishing fleet has seen a turnover of £1 billion for a second year, although external factors such as fuel cost, weather and the political landscape mean their profits…
A shrimp trawl worth NoK200,000 (€20,150) retrieved during the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries’ latest clean-up cruise has been reunited with its owner, Brønnøysund fisherman Tor Inge Larsen. He trawls for…
The South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) has welcomed the publication of a Government Gazette which effectively suspends the Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) that would have culminated in…
A miniature transponder that can be attached to fishing gear is being developed and trialled as part of a project aimed at reducing ghost fishing. The acoustic devices attached to…
The US government’s case against New Bedford fishing kingpin Carlos Rafael has been concluded – with a $3 million financial penalty, a 46-month prison sentence with three years of supervision…
Massachusetts commercial groundfish fisherman Jim Ford believes electronic monitoring could provide better and more complete data, according to NOAA Greater Atlantic Region port agent Bill Duffy. Jim Ford has been…
The Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad will next week hand over the first new vessel for Russian owners in many years to be built at a domestic shipyard, combining the event…
As well as displaying the world’s fastest remote-controlled automated farm cage cleaning robots at this year’s AquaNor exhibition in Trondheim, aquaculture cage washing experts Multi Pump Innovation (MPI) have announced…
An EU report indicates that the fishing industry’s profitability in 2017 has seen a marginal drop over the previous year – but has maintained an overall high economic performance. The…
Fraserburgh trawler Ocean Quest began taking on water early this morning in a position 75 nautical miles north-east of Fraserburgh, and subsequently sank. A lifeboat and two helicopters arrived at…