Iwasi fishery’s rapid growth
Catches of Iwashi sardine by the Russian fleet in the Far East have exceeded 60,000 tonnes already this year – an 83% incrsase over the fishery last year. Caught in…
Catches of Iwashi sardine by the Russian fleet in the Far East have exceeded 60,000 tonnes already this year – an 83% incrsase over the fishery last year. Caught in…
An agreement on the management, and reciprocal access to mackerel in each other’s waters has been reached by Norway, the Faroe Islands and the UK. ‘Britain and the Faroe Islands…
Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association chief executive Ian Gatt made an appearance on the King’s Birthday Honours, awarded a CBE in recognition of his work for Scotland’s fishing industry. ‘I am…
Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries is being urged to issue a dispensation allowing commercial fishermen to fish for wrasse and crab inside a newly-created conservation area for lobster near Stavanger. The…
Five Danish fishermen charged with a variety of offences relating to the death of 41-year-old Alf Villum Jensen on board Hvide Sande fishing vessel Inger Katrine have been freed by…
Norwegian fishing company Nergård Havfiske has celebrated the christening of its latest factory trawler at the quayside in Tromsø, with sister vessels Breidtind and Senja alongside with the new Sørkapp…
Five Irish organisations in the fishing and seafood sectors have come together to demand change at national and EU level. ‘Our objective is to work together on raising awareness of…
The European Commission has launched two consultations to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of past and current funding programmes for fisheries and maritime activities. The first of these aims to…
Sea trials are in progress for the new coastal seiner netter/purse seiner Jarle Berg, about to be delivered by Larsnes Mek Verksted to fishing company Jarle Bergs Sønner. Designed by…
IUU fishing remains a pressing problem in the Philippines which is a party to international fishing agreements, a major fish producer, and a global marine biodiversity center. Now the Philippines…