More than a month since the European Commission unveiled its plans to severely curtail demersal fisheries with its proposed Action Plan, industry figures came together in Brussels to meet representatives…
Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has welcomed the increase in the Irish fleet's quota for blue whiting from 28,438 tonnes last year to 53,776 tonnes…
Westman Islands fresher trawlers Bergur and Vestmannaey both landed full fishrooms twice last week, mid-week and again on Sunday – and sailed as soon as they had finished offloading. Both…
The first new beam trawler of this size to be designed and built in the UK for decades, the new Admiral Gordon PH-330 for Plymouth fishing company Interfish has been…
The first African nation to formally accept the WTO fishing subsidies agreement, Seychelles deposited its instrument of acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 10th March. Acceptances from two-thirds…
VCU in Urk has delivered a new fishing vessel for a Dutch inland waters fishing company. The 20-metre LAO Heidi HK-78 has a 5.40 metre breadth and a draft of…
Under the EU-funded programme PESCAO, the European Fisheries Control Agency has supported the training of Fisheries Monitoring Centres operators organised by the Subregional Fisheries Commission (SRFC), based in Dakar and…
This winter, crab fishermen are working together with scientists to meet the challenges of winter research into Bristol Bay red king crab. The Bering Sea crab industry is partnering with…
Seafood investor Bluefront Equity is ramping up its efforts to digitize the seafood industry by investing in aquatech company Spillfree Analytics AS, which supports fish farmers with analysing and improving…
A Pacific Community (SPC) led NZ$25 million regional partnership aimed at enabling Pacific nations to adapt their tuna fisheries to the impacts of climate change has been announced by the…