The Dutch government is reported to be working with fishermen and industry bodies to examine the options for a transition fund able to buy out fishing business, leaving those remaining…
Political groups’ co-ordinators and chairs from the environment and oceans committees have met to assess the performance of Lithuanian Commissioner-designate Virginijus Sinkevičius following his introductory speech. He listed biodiversity, the…
A coalition of companies from across global tuna supply chains aims to stop illegally caught tuna reaching markets and seeks to boost environmental sustainability and respect for human rights in…
UK and Norway have signed continuity agreement which enables UK vessels to continue fishing in Norwegian waters after 31st October, with the agreement ensuring that current arrangements remain in place…
The Marine Stewardship Council has responded to the IPCC report on the Ocean and Cryosphere with a stark warning that fishing industries and governments need to urgently step up co-operation…
Massachusetts commercial groundfish fisherman Jim Ford believes electronic monitoring could provide better and more complete data, according to NOAA Greater Atlantic Region port agent Bill Duffy. Jim Ford has been…
The Honourable Chief Justice of the Solomon Islands Sir Albert Palmer and the Director-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Dr Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen opened the first Pacific regional…
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has put aside a 31,316 tonne quota (23,764 cod-equivalent tonnes) for a variety of species purposes, and is also waiting for a working…
The Kiribati Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development’s (MFMRD) has selected Spanish engineering company Satlink, which specialises in sustainable fishing systems, to assist in modernising its Fisheries Management Platform. Kiribati has…
Two years on from the MedFish4Ever Declaration, initiated by the European Commission and adopted in March 2017, the FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) brought together Mediterranean states…