One of the world’s leading sustainable tuna supply companies has announced the sale of its global tuna supply business to its longtime partner, Bolton Group. Bolton Group has held significant…
The Omega Shipyard has completed the refit of former offshore support vessel Southern Star, now heading for the South Atlantic to fish on red crab, operating from Montevideo in Uruguay.…
New measures have been adopted by the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement’s Meeting of Parties (SIOFA MoP) in Mauritius last week, which will effectively eliminate under-regulated toothfish operations within the…
Twenty years after it last took delivery of a new fishing vessel, the Nuevo Pescanova Group has seen the latest in a new series of fishing vessels go down the…
The European Commission has launched its annual consultation on the state of fish stocks and the preparation for setting fish quotas for next year marked by the objective to fish…
A study carried out by the University of York has come to the hardly surprising conclusion that there are very low levels of trust among UK fishermen in government organisations…
Australia’s delegation at the IOTC annual meeting put forward a strong case for maintaining a modest share of the Indian Ocean tuna catch, opening the way for Australia to argue…
A crowd gathered at the Thyborøn quayside last week to celebrate a unique event as two new fishing vessels for the same company were christened in a single event. The…
Icelandic pelagic vessel Huginn VE-55 this week landed the first mackerel of the season to Vinnslustöðin (VSV) in the Westman Islands. ‘The fish is fine, although there’s some feed in…
UK Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani has announced that almost £1 million in government funding is to be routed to improving safety in UK fishing. There were six fatalities in the…