ASC standards translated for farmers in Indonesia, world’s second largest farmed fish producer. ASC has translated its Shrimp, Tilapia, and Tropical Marine Finfish Standards and related guidance documents into Indonesian to help more […]
Ocean observations and forecasting in Ireland’s seas. The Marine Institute uses ocean observation systems and marine research infrastructure to observe and understand how our ocean is changing, and the data […]
A changing ocean climate. How we monitor, analyse and understand the changes in our ocean climate is the focus of Oceans of Learning this week. This ocean climate work is […]
Nofima host a new centre for research-driven innovation – the Norwegian research institute will host a new centre for research-driven innovation (SFI): SFI Digital Food Quality Centre – digitization in […]
5m people work in EU blue economy The European Commission has published “The EU Blue Economy Report 2020”, providing an overview of the performance of the EU economic sectors related […]
Autonomous vehicles help scientists estimate fish abundance. American Scientists are capitalizing on existing technological capabilities and partnerships to collect fisheries data. This will help fill the information gap resulting from […]
New research on threatened ocean predators. A marine scientist at the Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Laboratory in Plymouth, UK, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced […]
Pacific oysters microplastics study shows they may not contain as many as previously thought. Plastic pollution is an increasingly present threat to marine life and one which can potentially impact […]
Europêche welcomes new chair of the European Parliament Fisheries Committee. The newly elected chair of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries (PECH) Pierre Karleskind (Renew Europe, FR), was guest of […]
Earnings up for Icelandic fishing and processing ventures. Gross profit, EBITDA as a proportion of operating revenue (excluding transactions of raw materials between enterprises) increased from 21.2% to 25.2% in […]
Working conditions in fisheries need to improve. The fisheries sector is making an increasingly important contribution to food security and livelihoods, however more needs to be done to improve working […]
Scientists research Caribbean reefs. A group of scientists from NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research), MARUM (Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen) and ZMT (Bremen) […]
EC holding seminar on fisheries science priorities. On September 20th, the European Commission is organising the annual Seminar on Fisheries Science dedicated to exploring the research needs and priorities in […]
Sonar innovation could single out sustainable tuna species from afar. Sustainability-driven new research could one day help tuna fisheries cast their nets more selectively, mitigating unintentional “bycatch” of undersized fish […]
Icelandic Fish Catch Falls in March The landed catch of Icelandic vessels in March 2019 was over 118 thousand tonnes which is a 25% decrease from March 2018. Much of […]
The European fisheries sector recognises work of CITES concerning marine species to ensure that the international trade does not threaten their survival. However, it is important to respect the work […]
Seas off the UK key to regulating climate. An area of the Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Greenland is playing a major role in global climate, an international team of […]
EC publishes info guide on IUU fishing in a simple question and answer fact sheet, following the European Commission announcing this week that Thailand has successfully addressed the shortcomings in […]
EC lifts yellow card from Thailand. The European Commission has delisted Thailand from the group of “warned countries” in recognition of its progress in tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. […]
A new study shows that seabirds can tell us about the tide. When the UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) set out to tag razorbills, their aim […]