Council restructure observer program
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council advanced a measure to restructure a program that puts human observers on fishing vessels.
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council advanced a measure to restructure a program that puts human observers on fishing vessels.
Federal fish regulators announced the rise of catch quota for and the one for pollock is also likely to be upped.
Seven fishermen have joined six other men charged with fraud following a massive investigation into illegal fish landings in Shetland and north east Scotland five years ago. Six fishermen from…
A new system for tracking bluefin tuna from catch to sale, so as to protect the alarmingly depleted Atlantic stocks, was backed by Parliament on Thursday. The new rules require documentation at every stage, including caging, harvesting, transhipping, exporting and re-exporting, so as to ensure complete and reliable traceability.
The harpoon portion of the Eastern Canada swordfish fishery earned certification under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries today following a comprehensive fishery assessment process…
Salmon farms in Chile are a worse threat to the environment than originally thought following on unexpected results from a German scientific research team studying communications among whales in the…
Antillas Reefer forfeited to the Government of Mozambique and Payam released after paying fine
World fishing, fisheries and aquaculture have over the last two decades become politicised hot potatoes. One of the advantages of this has been the raising of awareness of issues in…
Westport Island fisherman Jon Williams dedicates part of each year to go after hagfish, but that doesn't mean he likes it. He finds reasons not to be on his boats…
The German parliament has declared that in order to be granted EU membership, Iceland must stop whaling, mbl.is reports.