WTO talks on fisheries subsidies fall through without consensus
According to the European fishing body Europeche, the lack of consensus was generated by countries like India. WWF calls it a 'missed opportunity'
Canada needs to put some elver rules in writing, harvesters tell Senate panel
Licensed elver fish harvesters in the Canadian Maritimes say the federal government should set enforceable regulations to govern the moderate livelihood fishery by Indigenous groups
Japan plans tougher measures to prevent illegal bluefin tuna catches
Japan's fisheries agency is set to implement stricter regulations on Pacific bluefin tuna fishing, requiring fishery operators to report catches and imposing harsher penalties for violations
First Nations offer Canada’s fish minister options to maintain elver fishery
Some First Nations leaders in Nova Scotia have suggested increasing their quota might help to stymie illegal fishing
Canadian captain nets CAD 330,000 fine for fishing in marine refuge
A British Columbia shrimp harvester has been ordered to pay CAD 330,000 after he was convicted of 13 violations of Canada's Fisheries Act
WTO close on fisheries subsidies agreement as ministerial kicks off
Of all the issues at stake in Abu Dhabi, officials are most hopeful about getting the approvals needed to finalize the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies -- Politico
New Zealand’s trawl industry avoids being squeezed out by conservation measures
The High Seas Fisheries Group, which represents companies including Talley's and Sealord, told the SPRFMO an Australian proposal would have shrunk the fishery open to trawling to just 0.07% of the managed area
Canada’s fish minister riles eel industry with talk of shutdown to handle poaching crisis
With a potential CAD 45m season in jeopardy, the Canadian elver industry says the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has rejected its offer to pay for solutions to stop poaching
UK’s nephrops FIP misses key human rights assessment deadline
Scottish NGO Open Seas notes that Co-Op, Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Whitby Seafoods have all missed a crucial reporting deadline for human rights abuses in their supply chains
Canada wraps up three-year illegal halibut fishing investigation with more convictions
While DFO did not detail penalties involved in its latest convictions, it said individuals and companies convicted in all four trials were ordered to pay more than CAD 260,000