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Eminent UK salmon retailers step forward to highlight consequences of inaction on North East Atlantic blue whiting management. Since 2015, the North East Atlantic Coastal States have failed to reach […]
The fishing and aquaculture industry meets at ColdWater Seafood from 10 to 12 October. ColdWater Seafood, the event that brings the fishing industry together. From 10 to 12 October 2023, […]
Golden opportunity for Northeast Atlantic blue whiting: “Don’t blow it” say top seafood supply-chain businesses. Blue whiting: A narrative of mismanagement. Blue whiting is a prized, pelagic quota species of […]
Record breaking UK sea temperatures in 2022 Data published by the Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) shows that sea temperatures across the south and east of […]
Where are the mackerel? Alarm as Bosphorus fish stocks crash. Despondent Sunday anglers watch crestfallen as a trawler winches an enormous net out of the waters of the Bosphorus, writes […]
Key commercial fish stocks at record levels. Stocks of Scotland’s key commercial fish species, especially haddock and cod, are at their highest level for decades, according to new official assessments. […]
North Pacific operation to detect illegal fishing completed. Canadian fishery officers have now completed their work in Operation North Pacific Guard, an annual international law enforcement operation on the high seas […]
Renewal of Yorkshire and Northeast Net Limitation Order to protect at-risk fish stocks. The Environment Agency is recommending continued protection for salmon and sea trout in tidal waters from Berwick […]
North Sea herring fishery and Cornish sardine fisherman honoured in MSC UK Sustainable Seafood Awards. The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG), part of the client group for an MSC certified […]
ICES presents scientific advice for pelagic stocks. On 30 September the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) published the scientific advice on fishing opportunities, catch and effort […]
Urgent government action needed to protect vital pelagic fish stocks in the North-East Atlantic. New scientific advice shows herring, blue whiting and mackerel stocks over-exploited in 2021. The Marine Stewardship […]
Barents Sea cod quota down 20 per cent for 2023. Published: 06.09.2022 Author: Erlend Astad Lorentzen. Earlier this week, the Norwegian-Russian research group for fish stocks in the Barents Sea […]
Scottish seas reveal their natural riches By Keith Broomfield Pictured here a few days ago is a creel vessel off Melvaig in the Scottish north-west Highlands. The sea here in […]
Put super tasty North Sea herring on the menu this summer. With the Scottish North Sea herring season now underway, this is the perfect time for consumers to include this […]
New report finds UK salmon stocks reaching crisis. Wild Atlantic salmon stocks are reaching crisis point, according to the Environment Agency (EA), as the latest stock assessment report estimates they […]
Historic moment as North Atlantic Fishing Company lands herring catch into Hull. The fishing vessels WIRON 5 and 6, owned and operated by Fishing Company Wirons Ltd, a company of […]
Fisheries management failures in the Northeast Atlantic propel major brands to turn to Chilean jack mackerel as a sustainable alternative to overfished Northeast Atlantic mackerel. RE: Open letter from NAPA to […]
Historically high Norwegian seafood exports in May. Norway exported seafood worth NOK 12.4 billion in May. This is an increase of NOK 4.1 billion, or 49 per cent, compared with […]
Government research continues to show that New Zealand’s fisheries are highly sustainable and fish stocks are healthy, with 94% of catch coming from stocks with no sustainability risks. The remainder […]
Serious concerns about conduct of International Seabed Authority. Civil society reacts to reports of a catalogue of criticism levelled at the International Seabed Authority and call for an immediate independent […]
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