UK secures £5m fishing deal with Faroe Islands for 2025
The UK government has announced that British fishermen will have access to over 2,000 metric tons of fishing opportunities in Faroese waters for the year 2025
High cod prices offset quota pain at Faroes Fish Market
Sharp reductions in Barents Sea cod quotas have pushed prices to record highs at the Faroe Fish Market, bringing mixed fortunes for different segments of the Faroese fishing industry
Red tape is costing US aquaculture nearly $900m in lost opportunities, NOAA-funded study suggests
A new study provides the first comprehensive update in three decades, offering a clearer picture of the industry's current economic role and the constraints holding it back
NOAA updates seafood inspection regs to reflect current practices
The changes align regulatory language with current practices, tools, and standards without altering stakeholder interactions or operational requirements
EU introduces 8 new duty-free quotas for Icelandic seafood
The new tariff quotas allow a wide variety of Icelandic fish and seafood products, including frozen herring, redfish fillets, and Norway lobsters, to be imported into the EU without customs duties
Modern challenges prompt revision of NOAA’s aquaculture plan after 40 years
The US' revised National Aquaculture Development Plan lays a roadmap for fully integrating aquaculture into the nation's seafood supply chains
US aquaculture sales grew 38% to $1.57bn in latest census
Explosive gains in mollusk and crustacean shored up sales, while catfish remained the US aquaculture industry's most lucrative species in 2023
Canada spends CAD 2.8m to help Quebec fishers gear up for redfish
This is the first major project for redfish since the commercial redfish fishery resumed in 2024, says Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Norway, EU set bilateral fishing quotas for North Sea, Skagerrak
Norway has traded 10,316t of Barents Sea cod to the EU, for which it will receive fishing opportunities in EU waters for shrimp, Greenland halibut and blue whiting
OCI scraps plan for seafood retail packing plant, construction firm to sue
The Sealand Building Group of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, is seeking damages and interest of nearly CAD 400,000