Organisers of the Irish Skipper Expo, Mara Media, have had to withdraw from holding this year’s event – which had already been postponed from its original March date. The venue…
The first new offshore groundfish trawler to join the Canadian fleet since the 1980s, the new Calvert has docked in St Johns after its 4200 nautical mile delivery trip from…
‘I’m very satisfied, and if anything, the results are beyond anything I had expected. Catch quality is better and the crew are quicker hauling and shooting than before,’ said Birgir…
An additional €500 million added to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) is part of the EU recovery package and follows earlier EU support measures to alleviate the immediate…
Two Spanish fishing industry organisations have signed a landmark agreement with a body based in Argentina which actively promotes the establishment of sustainable management for the South Atlantic, the only…
An initiative to make use of lost, abandoned or end-of-life fishing gear brings together the Bermeo Tuna World Capital Association in collaboration with fishing company Echebastar, the AZTI technology centre…
Amid the ongoing challenge of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing worldwide, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has highlighted the need for collective action to tackle the human…
In a special feature episode of the Fathom podcast, a representative of the Morrisons supermarket chain confirmed that they are selling 60% more UK fish than before lockdown. The latest…
Having initially reported that one crew member on board factory trawler American Dynasty had tested positive for Covid-19, operating company American Seafoods carried out tests on the entire crew, with…
The fishing sector has yet to see the hoped-for recovery of seafood sales and prices as the HoReCa sector is gradually re-opened. Sales are estimated to have dropped by 10%…
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