The Port of Hirtshals has been preparing for the largest expansion in its 100-year history, and now it is one step closer to realisation with an EU tender of around…
Figures for the first eleven months of last year demonstrate that while Russia has increased the extent of its seafood exports to the Chinese market by 102%, the value of…
Announced at the International Fishing Industry Safety and Health (IFISH6) Conference 2024, held at the UN FAO in Rome, funding is now available for organisations focussed on reducing accidents and…
The Seafood Ethics Action (SEA) Alliance has selected Georgia Worrall, a seasoned workers' rights and ethical trade professional, to lead their work in advancing social responsibility in global seafood supply…
A $14 million investment, new fisheries research vessel Dra. Barbieri has been christened at the ASENAV yard in Valdivia, and is intended to support marine research in Chilean waters. The…
Dutch POs de Nederlandse Vissersbond and PO Delta Zuid merged as of 1st January into a single producer organisation. ‘We have been working towards this for two years and from…
The owners of three trawlers from Bulgaria that have been detained in Romania are taking their grievance to Brussels in an effort to get the situation resolved, as there seems…
One of the world’s largest fishing nations has seen an unusual year in 2023 for its fishing industry. Climatic conditions severely affected the huge anchoveta fishery, but appears to have…
The FAO and the government of Norway have announced a new five-year phase of the EAF-Nansen Programme. The Programme is a partnership between FAO, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation…
A new project with funding from France Filière Pêche aims to develop strategies to reduce fuel consumption on board existing fishing vessels. According to the Brittany Regional Fisheries Committee, while…