Iberian sardine regains MSC blue tick
The purse seine sectors in Spain and Portugal have jointly achieved Marine Stewardship Council certification for Iberian sardine from the Atlantic coast, the first fishery to do so through such…
Iberian sardine fishery opens
The Iberian fleet’s sardine fishery opened this week, with a 10,132-tonne quota for the Cantabrian Sea and the north-west region of Spain. The fishery is conducted by coastal purse seiners…
Cross-Pacific sardine surprise
Next generation genomic sequencing of Pacific sardine has revealed not one, but two species of sardine in the California Current in 2022 and 2023. When research scientist Gary Longo first…
Mexico’s sardine production increases
Sardine production in Mexico saw a 21% increase in 2023, according to figures from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, making it the country’s largest-scale fishery. Of the 771,015-tonne…
Mapping Med’s pelagic ecosystem
The Medias 2024 survey, designed to examine the Mediterranean’s pelagic ecosystem, has been launched by Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, under the scientific direction of the Spanish Oceanographic…
Bay of Biscay small pelagics survey underway
Research vessels Emma Bardan and Vizconde de Eza have been deployed for a month-long research survey to evaluate the state of anchovy and sardine stocks in the Bay of Biscay.…
Sea Harvest acquires pelagic business
Sea Harvest Group is in the process of acquiring 100% of Terrasan Group Limited’s pelagic catching, processsing and sales subsidiaries. Alongside Terrasan’s pelagic business, Sea Harvest is also taking on…
Seiner Chuyito XXX is getting a refit that includes an overhaul of the hydraulic system on board. Image: TH Company
TH Company refits Mexican seiner
The Spanish-based TH Company has secured contract in Mexico to refit sardine seiner Chuyito XXX, owned by Pesquera Siglo SA de CV. The refit entails designing, manufacturing and installing a…
Coprexma is designing two dedicated trawlers for fishing small pelagics from Saint-Gille Croix de Vie
New sardine venture for Saint-Gilles Croix de Vie
The French Atlantic coast port of Saint-Gilles has been a centre of the sardine trade for as long as anyone knows. During the first half of the twentieth century –…