By Jeanine Stewart

A huge boost to Russia's king crab TAC is unlikely to take the market into a downward plunge due to higher demand outside the US, but there could be impacts from the ever-present wildcard -- illegal fishing 

Shrimp prices rocketed, deals were broken, suppliers were ditched: Review the top 100 most-read stories on Undercurrent News for 2013, with exclusives dominating the list 

A surge in MPAs and pressure to ban deep sea trawling are two of many efforts Economist writer Dominic Ziegler predicts as entities such as the Global Ocean Commission plan wide-ranging proposals

By Eva Tallaksen

But sources say imminent measures are likely to have little impact, even in case of Belize, which has three MW Brands-flagged vessels

Wholesaler handed over documents showing it failed to report about 79,666 pounds of scallops that were harvested off the New Jersey coast

Australian Greens say government must send its Antarctic customs vessel, the Ocean Protector, to the Southern Ocean to track down a boat suspected of fishing illegally

By Eva Tallaksen

If EU's yellow card warning to Ghana materializes into sanctions, this could affect 45 tuna vessels currently flying Ghanaian flag

The initiative is the most important against IUU fishing in Latin America, according to the Brazilian government

Decision, and Spanish industry's call for fishing vessels to obtain IMO numbers, welcomed by Environmental Justice Foundation

After the EU commission began proceedings for trade sanctions against Belize, as well as Cambodia and Guinea, country says it is close to rectifying situation