A new study shows that tackling sustainable fisheries management and climate change together can result in significant increases of food, fish and economic activity, but nations need to act quickly to realise these gains.
The Scottish fishing industry is urging oil and gas companies to ensure that offshore infrastructure is completely removed from the seabed when it is decommissioned.
A group of Black Sea experts and scientists have concluded today a 21-day survey aimed at assessing the status of Black Sea anchovy and evaluating environmental conditions during its spawning season.
Scotland is facing a ‘no deal Brexit nightmare’ that could seriously damage the fishing industry as well as numerous other business sectors, according to Constitutional Relations Secretary Michael Russell.
Former Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and supporter of the Vote Leave campaign Owen Paterson has hit out at the British government’s plans for exiting the European Union, specifically commenting that the Prime MInister’s Chequers will prove to be fatal for British fishing.
Uncertainties surrounding the UK’s departure from the European Union have become a constant talking point across all sectors of the UK fishing industry. The detail of what might happen is still being discussed, debated and decided but there is little doubt that how and where fishermen work, what is caught and how it is marketed and sold will change.
Norway’s fisheries minister Per Sandberg has stepped down, to be replaced by Harald Tom Nesvik.
Covering 16.50 million square kilometres over ten days with ten Forum Fisheries Agency member states, Operation Island Chief found no infringements or breaches. The ten-day annual operation to detect, deter, report and/or apprehend potential IUU fishing activity ended on August 3rd.
The Icelandic Parliament has passed a motion allocating funds for development and construction as the first step towards a new research vessel for the Marine Research Institute.
ICES recommendations for North Sea demersal fisheries in 2019 show good news for saithe, hake and plaice, but the situation for cod looks confused as spawning stocks appear weaker than had been predicted, and one fishermen’s association is wondering where more than 100,000 tonnes of cod has disappeared to.