Maruha Nichiro buys stake in Sanford
Japanese seafood giant Maruha Nichiro has bought a 4.7% stake in New Zealand fishing company Sanford, for NZD 25m
P&P receives MSC nod for northeast Atlantic blue whiting
Dutch pelagic freezer-trawler association's blue whiting has been awarded Marine Stewardship Council certification
HB Grandi posts 129% profit jump in Q4
Icelandic fishing firm had €13.3m net profit during the quarter, but operating revenue was slightly down year-on-year
Icelandic catches down 20% in January
The total catch of Icelandic vessels was nearly 74,000t in January 2016, with capelin the chief species in which landings fell year-on-year
First North Atlantic blue whiting fisheries become MSC certified
Two thirds of the total catch of North East Atlantic blue whiting has achieved MSC certification for sustainable fishing practices
HB Grandi nets ‘reasonable’ blue whiting catch despite difficult weather
Fishing vessel Venus caught 2,750t of blue whiting in one week
EU pelagic sector ‘outrage’ at Norway blue whiting deal
EAPO/NPWG has said the pelagic industry is appalled at the EU's blue whiting agreement, and is seeking an urgent meeting with EU fisheries commissioner Vella
Russian pelagic imports to drop by 159,000t compared to pre-ban levels
Russian pelagic imports are expected to be almost half when compared to volumes brought in 2013, before western countries were sanctioned
EU’s Baltic Sea cod share down 20%, but North Sea herring hiked
EU fishing quota limits for 2016 have been set at the annual EU Fisheries and Agriculture Council in Brussels, with a number of significant changes involved
Scotland’s fishermen demand urgent changes to EU-Faroes pelagics deal
Pelagic fishermen from across Scotland have united to demand an urgent rethink of a political deal which is allowing Faroe to catch a third of its mackerel quota in EU waters