Romania continues to detain Bulgarian trawlers
The continued detention of three trawlers from Bulgaria, apprehended on 23rd March in the Romanian EEZ is the latest episide in a dispute over equal access to EU waters in…
The continued detention of three trawlers from Bulgaria, apprehended on 23rd March in the Romanian EEZ is the latest episide in a dispute over equal access to EU waters in…
The European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries has voted down the Commission’s proposals for managing fisheries in the Indian Ocean. MEPs rejected new rules on the management, conservation and control measures…
Spanish tuna operators within OPAGAC are making a €7 million investment over the coming couple of years to ensure that the group’s entire 380,000 tonne annual catch will be MSC certified. With…
The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has announced support for a further six innovation projects valued at £2.5 million, bringing the total number of research and development initiatives it has…
A fishing season for a high value sea cucumber in the Torres Strait has reopened for the first time in twenty years thanks to a concerted conservation and stock restoration…
As of this summer, occupations related to fishing are to be added to the UK government’s Shortage Occupation List (SOL) following recommendations from the Migration Advisory Committee. A labour crisis…
While legislation in the form of a Statutory Instrument is due to come into force making it a legal requirement for all under-12 metre vessels to have an I-VMS device…
The government of the United Kingdom has failed to prepare adequately for its own changes to visa rules, and now underpaid migrant fishers will be forced to pay the price…
Aquaculture systems leader Innovasea has acquired UK-based aquaculture software company Aquanetix, and moved its operations to a new office in Greece. Established in 2015, Aquanetix’s cloud-based aquaculture management software provides customers with…
Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries is adding to its efforts to retrieve lost fishing gear and is planning both a routine open sea retrieval cruise and two trips to search for…