Million dollar fine for Alaska fisherman
Kodiak fisherman James Aaron Stevens was sentenced earlier this month to a six-month term in a federal prison and a $1 million fine after being found guilty of falsely labelling catches. The…
Kodiak fisherman James Aaron Stevens was sentenced earlier this month to a six-month term in a federal prison and a $1 million fine after being found guilty of falsely labelling catches. The…
The European Commission has adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2022 for the Baltic, proposing an increase for Gulf of Riga herring, and unchanged quotas for sprat, plaice and…
The Falkland Islands Government has received a batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines, supplied by the UK government, with fishing crews among the first to be vaccinated. The 960 doses arrived…
Russian government authorities have approved the Nevod fish processing plant on the island of Sakhalin, which has been built under the government’s investment quotas initiative. Nevod has been in operation…
The Aqua Nor aquaculture industry exhibition opened Trondheim this week, one of the first seafood industry exhibitions to take place since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and…
The European Union has expressed its serious concerns that Norway and Russia, without seeking to co-operate with any of the other relevant stakeholders, are taking decisions that are leading to…
Whitefish stocks in Scotland’s waters have doubled in size over the last twenty years and are now at record levels, according to Shetland Fishermen, representing both for the Shetland Fishermen’s…
Responding to the NOAA 2021 report on Improving International Fisheries Management, the Fisheries Agency of Taiwan has stated that it will initiate the consultation with the US, alongside an investigation…
The Marine Stewardship Council confirmed that Norwegian Offshore North East Artic Cod is recertified from 15th August 2021 while Inshore North East Artic cod will no longer be MSC certified. …
IceFish organiser Mercator Media has confirmed that the exhibition scheduled to take place this year has been rescheduled to new June 2022 dates, due to the Icelandic Government’s decision to…