NGOs, fishing groups claim EU has allowed pulse fishing on false grounds
As the EU prepares to vote on pulse fishing's future in Europe, France's Bloom Association has said the EU ignored advice to never allow it in the first place
Alaska Amendment 80 fleet, shoreside plants in conflict over cod
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will consider restricting cod purchases by factory trawlers from Alaska's Amendment 80 fleet
Bering Sea Alaska pollock, flatfish TACs could get boosts from likely cod cut
The TACs for pollock, yellowfin sole and other flatfish in the Bering Sea could be increased for 2018 for US fishing firms, given the big cut expected in the quota for Pacific cod
EU technical measures vote ‘opportunity to prove pulse fishing’s sustainability’
Questions remain about the fishing method, says Dutch fishing chief, and it deserves the chance to prove itself; others see new rules as 'huge blow' to EU
Sheriff’s deputy, who helped Codfather, to spend year in prison
Antonio Freitas, a former Bristol County, Massachusetts sheriff's deputy who was found guilty of helping Carlos Rafael smuggle cash to Portugal, will spend a year in prison
Dutch fishing firm confirms deal for processor NorthSeafood
A Dutch fishing firm is creating a vertically integrated flatfish supplier with a deal for a processor based in the port of Urk, first reported by Undercurrent News Thursday
Seafood Connection takes over Dutch flatfish processor
Seafood Connection, owned by Japanese seafood giant Maruha Nichiro, has closed a deal for all the shares in Weerstand Beheer
Retiring NOAA exec has impossible to-do list: whale deaths, Rafael decision, more
NOAA's northeastern chief has just a little more than three months to finish a long list of tasks, including helping to save right whales and making a decision on Carlos Rafael
Codfather fleet sale on hold as judge mulls forfeiture
Carlos Rafael's prison sentence has been determined, but questions remain about what happens to one of the nation's largest fishing operations
Espersen plans big investment in Poland after deal for Royal Greenland plant
Processor will invest in re-developing an area of the plant it is buying from Royal Greenland in Poland, to take the production being moved from site in Fredericia, Denmark