Sustainability-driven new research could one day help tuna fisheries cast their nets more selectively, mitigating bycatch of undersized fish and off-limits species. A multinational research team has carried out a…
A phased introduction of catch recording for the English and Welsh under 10 metre fleets begins next month, and the decision to implement this in stages is one of the…
While the two smaller trawlers operated by Síldarvinnslan subsidiary Bergur-Huginn, Vestmannaey and Bergey, headed for fishing grounds off the west of Iceland following the Seamen’s Day layover at the beginning…
The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) is pushing for a rebuilding plan for yellowfin tuna, the faster development of harvest strategies, a more equitable catch allocation process, stronger FAD…
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean has called a high-level conference to renew commitments made under the MedFish4Ever declaration: important progress has been made so far, but there is…
Canning companies Garavilla, which produces the Isabel brand, and Sálica, which has the Campos brand, will be the first to distribute products carrying the AENOR Conform RFT label. This month…
Concerns are growing for Patagonian toothfish stocks in the Southern Indian Ocean Fishing Agreement (SIOFA) area as Spanish-flagged vessels fish in under-regulated areas without catch limits, bycatch limits or agreed…
Royal Greenland has taken delivery of its new factory trawler Sisimiut, built at the Astilleros de Murueta yard in Spain, the first of two new trawlers to be built for…
A successful graduate internship run by the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) is being expanded in partnership with the Transport Education and Training Authority (TETA). Expanding the internship…
Landings of crab to Royal Greenland's factory in Qeqertarsuaq have quadrupled compared to the same time last year, and the factory has had to put in place a landing schedule.…