More than half of the main species landed by Scottish whitefish vessels come from stocks that are ‘data deficient’, according to a review carried out by the North Atlantic Fisheries College (NAFC) Marine Centre. Data-deficien...
Indian seafood exports during April-December 2011 showed positive growth: 1,48 per cent in volume and 18.72 per cent in USD terms year-on-year. Exports to Southeast Asia, Japan and the US all improved in quantity and value.
A new round of mackerel talks between EU, Norway, Faroese Islands and Iceland failed last week. EU commissioner Maria Damnaki and Norwegian minister of fisheries, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen are exspressing disappointment and grave c...
Spanish surface longline fleet owners who catch shark and swordfish expressed their concern about the proposal from the European Commission (EC) in relation to prohibited fishing practices of shark finning and returning...
The European Union (EU) and Greenland have reached agreement on a new Protocol to implement the EU/Greenland Fisheries Partnership Agreement. This Protocol will enter into force on 1 January 2013 and will be valid for a perio...
The Congress of Deputies overwhelmingly passed the non-binding proposition from the Popular Parliamentary Group (GPP) requiring the urgent renovation of the fishing agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco.
A conservation measure passed by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) Board of Directors will require industry participants to adopt written policies that prohibit the practice of shark finning and refra...
32 fish oil, fishmeal and omega-3 suppliers from 11 countries including Morocco, china and Australia have used FOS assessment to verify the sustainable origin of their products.
A new WWF commissioned study published today strongly suggests that fisheries access agreements with developing countries and fuel subsidies have led to a ‘slash and burn’ attitude by European Union (EU) vessels fishing overs...
TV chef Jamie Oliver is returning to our British screens in a new television advertising campaign with the Findus controlled company Young’s Seafood Limited, which was premiering on the Young’s Facebook page last Friday, befo...
Rising levels of CO2 dissolved in oceans are compromising the survival skills of fish, according to Australian researchers. By the end of the century, the levels predicted for the oceans will interfere with fish’s abili...
A new study claims that seals have contributed to increases in natural cod mortality off Nova Scotia since the late 1980s and have precluded the stock’s recovery since 1993.
The Vietnamese seafood industry is hopeful of achieving the Government's export target of USD 6.5 billion this year despite the many difficulties it anticipates.
The value of exports of pelagic fish in 2011 set a new record, totalling NOK 8.4 billion. This is an increase of 15% or NOK 1.1 billion compared to 2010. The value of exports of herring and mackerel from Norway has never been...
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield has announced funding for four innovative Vancouver Island aquaculture projects, including a project to develop closed-containment technology. In total, the four projects will rece...