Fishing industry representatives are scrambling to organise a meeting to address the situation and to continue to strengthen Euro-Moroccan fishing relations following the ruling by General Court this week. The…
The publication of the Blue Food Assessment (BFA), stating that the demand for blue foods is set to double over the next thirty years, sends a strong and powerful message…
The board of the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO), which is legally obliged to manage Shetland’s commercial inshore shellfish fisheries in a sustainable way, has condemned a “tiny minority” of…
Authorities in New Zealand have announced the closure of the east Coromandel scallop fishery for two years, starting this Saturday, and this applies to both commercial and recreational fishing for…
As European fishing organisations ratchet up the pressure for sanctions against Norway for its stance on the mackerel fishery, the Norwegian fleet has seen record mackerel catches, leading to a…
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…
It has taken more than four years, but a case challenging the mechanism used to allocate bluefin tuna quotas, has finally gone to court – with a judgement in favour…
A poll carried out by market research company MMR on behalf of Alda, the Association for Sustainable Democracy in Iceland, has determined that only 14% of Icelanders are satisfied with…
Scottish fisheries leaders have urged the Prime Minister to help them build back the industry after the bad Brexit deal, which left skippers battling for fishing opportunities while EU vessels…
With factory trawler Kirkella now ‘fishing for scraps’ off Svalbard, owners UK Fisheries have accused the British government of failing to flex its muscles as an independent coastal state. A…