Annual fishing fleet survey returns as Seafish researchers head to ports across UK. Fishing industry leaders call on owners and skippers to take part in major survey of fleet. Fishing vessel owners […]
Scottish Fisheries Museum receives support for digitisation project. UK Research and Innovation and Arts and Humanities Research Council investment will help shape the future of UK museums The UK Research […]
Financial think-tank launches tool to help investors reduce overfishing. Financial think tank Planet Tracker has launched an interactive dashboard to help investors identify how they could finance a recovery of […]
Canada implements measures to save Pacific salmon. Pacific salmon are in a long-term decline, with many runs on the verge of collapse. The Government of Canada is taking decisive steps […]
RFC implements new training programmes for seafarers. The Russian Fishery Company (RFC) has launched a series of training seminars on the rules of operation of modern ship separators in cooperation […]
ICES total allowable catch recommendations: Statement from Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association and Shetland Fishermen’s Association. Responding to the latest advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea […]
ICES total allowable catch advice for 2022: Statement from Scottish Fishermen’s Federation. Responding to the latest ICES advice on catch opportunities for 2022, SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald said: “We […]
NGOs condemn failure of EU ambition in fisheries. Following the recent adoption of the EU AGRIFISH Council position on future fisheries controls, the EU Fisheries Control Coalition condemned the failure of […]
Ground breaking mooring tool launched by HR Wallingford/Witherby Partnership. SHIPMOOR, a new ship mooring tool that performs static and dynamic ship mooring analyses in a rapid, user friendly and intuitive […]
Russia approves fishing subsidies. The Russian government has approved the rules for providing subsidies to domestic fishing enterprises to reimburse up to 30% of the cost of marine fuel when […]
Full ban on electric fishing – one cataclysm averted, but more on their way, states BLOOM in a press release. The full ban on electric fishing in Europe comes into […]
Oceana calls on WTO member states to curb harmful fisheries subsidies that facilitate overexploitation and unsustainable distant water fishing. Oceana released a new report showing evidence that the world’s top […]
Dutch Fishing for Litter scheme celebrates 20 years of cleaner seas. The Fishing for Litter Scheme, once started as a small local initiative of three Dutch ports, celebrates its 20th […]
Vaccination delays causing crew shortages and rising wages warns Danica. Costs are rising in the crewing sector and crew shortages are beginning to be seen as Covid-19 travel restrictions and […]
Ireland calls for EU action over mackerel. At this week’s Fisheries Council, Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD raised the issue of very large unilateral […]
Norwegian fishing organisation Fiskebåt is asking the Directorate of Fisheries to grant a dispensation so that vessels over 15 meters can fish for mackerel within the fjord lines. The reason is […]
Arctic agreement to prevent unregulated fishing enters into force. On 25 June 2021, the Agreement to prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean entered into force. This […]
New Zealand consultation on catch limits Fisheries New Zealand is inviting people to have their say on proposed changes to catch limits and other settings across a range of fisheries […]
Management of drifting fish aggregating devices. The time is now: address the lack of transparency and accountability associated with the use of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in the Atlantic Ocean. […]