4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (311+ words) [email protected] +45 60 22 09 46 This certification by of Gloria Maris Côte d’Opale to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council standard represents a major milestone for French aquaculture. Gloria Maris Côte d’Opale is the first French sea bass and sea bream farm to achieve the ASC…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (116+ words) [email protected] +45 60 22 09 46 An increase in Atlantic bluefin tuna quotas has been implemented for US fishermen. This comes alongside quota increases for north and south Atlantic swordfish, and Nnorth Atlantic albacore. NOAA Fisheries has incorporated this increased allocation into its Individual Bluefin…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (290+ words) [email protected] +45 60 22 09 46 As part of its partnership with the Gabonese government and Sea Shepherd, Global Fishing Watch identified a group of trawlers operating inside Gabon’s Grand Sud Reserve, one of the largest MPAs in West and Central Africa. A combined operation…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (108+ words) [email protected] +45 60 22 09 46 Frøy has ordered two new 4500 cubic metre capacity live fish carriers, with options for four additional vessels. The newbuilds are to be built at Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipment Co., Ltd. to Salt Ship Design’s next-generation live fish carrier…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (150+ words) [email protected] +45 60 22 09 46 Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels Börkur and Beitir are about to make a start on the Icelandic fleet’s mackerel fishery. While skippers Hjörvar Hjálmarsson and Tómas Kárason would prefer to fish for mackerel in home waters off the south-east of Iceland,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (277+ words) [email protected] +45 60 22 09 46 The Russian Crab Group of Companies released 10,000 juvenile king crabs, raised by the National Scientific Centre of Marine Biology at the Far Eastern branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The project marks a further stage of efforts to…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (249+ words) [email protected] +45 60 22 09 46 Shetland pelagic vessel Research LK-62 has completed three trips for MSC certified North Sea herring, landing into Peterhead. Research sailed on 12th July and has landed 180-, 470- and 450-tonne trips in short order, each one with the catch taken in three…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (189+ words) [email protected] +45 60 22 09 46 Authorities in Peru have identified and destroyed vessels used for illegal fishing activities. The operation has been led by the Specialised Environmental Prosecutor’s Office of Santa, with the participation of the Chimbote Port Authority, the National Police, and support…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (137+ words) [email protected] +45 60 22 09 46 NOAA is allocating $123.6 million in fishery resource disaster funding to address fishery resource disasters in Oregon, California, the Squaxin Island tribe, and multiple Alaska fisheries between 2019 and 2023. ‘Fishery resource disasters have devastating effects on local communities and our economy,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (256+ words) [email protected] +45 60 22 09 46 The latest in a series of high-capacity factory trawlers for the Russian Fishery Company has been launched at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg for outfitting to be completed at the dock. This extensive fleet of new vessels is…...