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Cornish fishers call for ‘ecosystem approach’ to pollack management. The decision to cut the TAC for pollack in Area 7 by 87% is causing extreme distress in the fishing communities […]
Contract to progress key Western Isles pier project. Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) has awarded Breedon Hebrides a £500k contract to develop its harbour facility in Eriskay. The […]
Temporary fishing closure proposals for Hauraki Gulf in NZ. Fisheries New Zealand is inviting feedback on applications from iwi for temporary fishing closures across 3 separate areas within the Hauraki […]
Canada announces a mackerel bait fishery. The Government of Canada says it is taking decisive action to rebuild its Atlantic mackerel stock, which has faced important declines over the last […]
Fish landings in Scotland in March 2024. A note by Tony Mackay, Economist 1. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) have just published their monthly fish landings statistics for the UK […]
XTRATUF® receives the Fishermen’s Mission Partnership Award. XTRATUF® is honoured to be chosen as the recipients of The Fishermen’s Mission Partnership Award, in recognition of their support for the work […]
Brunvoll secures equipment order for three new vessels. Brunvoll has signed two contracts with Karstensen Shipyard for the delivery of propulsion and manoeuvring equipment for three vessels. Two of the […]
EU Outlines IUU Achievements The European Commission has just published the 2020-2023 report on its activities to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing), in accordance […]
New fishing zone for EU vessels in North Pacific. The EU was granted fishing opportunities for chub mackerel at the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC) annual session, held from 15 to […]
Russian fishermen continue to increase their total catch of fish and seafood. According to the industry monitoring system of Rosrybolovstvo (Federal Agency for Fishery), by April 16 this year, production […]
Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has released a report exploring best practice in relation to provision of Wi-Fi for fishing crew at sea that includes recommendations for action. In this fast-moving era of […]
French Fishing Vessel Detained at Castletownbere Port The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) confirms that a French registered fishing vessel was detained at Castletownbere port on the 21st of April 2024. […]
NAPA Sounds The Alarm on Blue Whiting at Barcelona. It’s Barcelona Seafood Expo Global (SEG24) week. Among the array of exhibitors, panel discussions and side-events at the world’s largest seafood […]
Fishing sector sick leave days up by 11% in the past year. New analysis of over 1,700 businesses has revealed that those in the fishing sector have seen one of the biggest […]
Lack of capelin results in monthly fall in Icelandic fish landings. The catch of Icelandic vessels was 60 thousand tonnes in March 2024 which is 77% less than in March […]
Icelandic Government announce new Fisheries Minister. Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir MP was announced last week by the Icelandic Government as the new Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. The Minister was […]
KFO says it cannot support options in inshore consultation. In responding to the public consultation in Ireland on a review of trawling activity inside the six nautical mile (nm) zone […]
Good Scottish ling catches underlines importance of new research project. The abundance of ling on Scottish fishing grounds has been vividly illustrated by good landings of the fish at Peterhead […]
Launch of support in fight against IUU fishing in the Mediterranean. The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), in the context of the European Union funded e-FishMed project, has launched an […]
Minimising Chum Salmon Bycatch . Statement from the Alaska Pollock Fishery Alliance on Recent Council Action to Minimise Chum Salmon Bycatch in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery. The recent North […]
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