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50 years of the Nansen Programme: three vessels, sixty countries and over 74,000 sampling stations. The long-term time series generated by this work are invaluable for understanding ecosystem changes. Author: Pauline […]
Kongsberg Discovery launches FS80, a new benchmark in trawl sonar technology. Kongsberg Discovery is heralding a new age of efficient, simplified and sustainable pelagic trawling with the commercial launch of the […]
VARD takes energy-saving route for stern trawler The VARD shipbuilding group has contracted TMC Compressors (TMC) to supply the market’s most energy efficient marine compressed air system to a stern […]
Concerns for deep sea ecosystems heighten as US moves to ramp up mining. The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition is calling for deep sea mining to be ceased. In the same […]
This is what marine scientists think about the Oslo Fjord. Author: Bente Kjøllesdal. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Climate and Environment have proposals for a […]
If we can’t untangle this mess, Norway’s blue industry will never be green. Lost fishing lines and ropes are a growing problem. As a leading fishing nation, Norway, with its […]
Study reveals how UK’s shipwrecks are providing a refuge for marine life. An estimated 50,000 shipwrecks can be found around the UK’s coastline and have been acting as a hidden […]
Trawler seized by Gambian navy. An industrialised trawler named Twenty—with connections to an Italian fishing company—was arrested in West Africa by Gambian Navy sailors stationed on board the Sea Shepherd […]
PFA puts the record straight on freezer trawlers In light of recent media coverage about the fishing activities of pelagic freezer trawlers, the Pelagic Freezer-trawlers Association has reiterated the facts […]
Significant Progress Made at NAFO Meeting to Protect Vulnerable Greenland Sharks and Deep Sea Ecosystems Ground-breaking agreement on ecosystem approach to fisheries & prohibition on keeping ‘bycatch’ of Greenland shark […]
Closure of nearly 100 fishing areas: EBFA sounds the alarm The European Bottom Fishing Alliance, which represents more than 20,000 sea fishermen and 7,000 European vessels, has denounced the implementing […]
Project Fisheye comes to an end. Project Fisheye, led by SafetyNet Technologies and part funded by The Marine Management Organisation (via FaSS funding), has come to an end after three […]
Better use of data will future-proof our fisheries. By Michel Kaiser, Professor of Fisheries Conservation and Chief Scientist at Heriot-Watt University The health of our seas and oceans matters, not […]
Call to save fisheries on south and east coast of England. It’s almost the end of the road for small-scale fishers along the South and East Coast, according to a […]
Sussex underwater habitat survey University of Sussex staff and students have begun an in-depth study of underwater habitats off the Sussex coast as part of a Sir David Attenborough-backed project […]
The prohibition of trawling activities in the Hong Kong marine environment for two and a half years has significantly improved biodiversity, an inter-university study led by City University of Hong […]
How genetics is helping to determine spiny dogfish predation on cod – As dogfish populations recover from overfishing, questions remain about how much Atlantic cod they are eating and its […]
Can anyone stop China’s vast armada of fishing boats? Ecuador stood up for the Galápagos, but other countries don’t stand a chance against the 17,000-strong distant-water fleet, as reported in […]
VARD contracts Hydroniq Cooolers for Framherji stern trawler. VARD has contracted Hydroniq Coolers to deliver the marine seawater cooling system to a stern trawler the shipbuilding group is constructing for […]
US winter skate fishery MSC certified. The U.S. Atlantic Winter Skate (Raja ocellata) fishery in the Northwest Atlantic has been certified sustainable against the MSC fisheries standard. The assessment, executed by […]
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