Former American Seafoods investor Coastal Villages involved in Gustafsson’s bid for pollock giant
Alaskan CDQ group Coastal Villages Regional Fund is involved in former American Seafoods CEO Einar Gustafsson's bid for the at-sea pollock and Pacific hake processing giant
Somali pirates double ransom demand to $10m for Chinese vessel with 18 crew
Negotiations are in progress after Somali pirates raised their ransom demand to $10 million for the release of a Chinese-owned fishing vessel seized in late November
Canada’s first all-electric lobster boat close to reality
'At Allswater, we're proud to be part of this project, and we're eager to see the ripple effect it will have on the lobster fishing industry'
New EU policy favors African competitors, say Spanish fishing groups
Spanish fishermen are voicing their frustrations over new EU fisheries policies that they claim could disadvantage them in favor of non-EU countries such as Morocco and Algeria
Greek, Chinese shipping giants form $80m joint venture to build krill-fishing reefer fleet
The venture, Fresh Cool Logistical Services, will construct four 11,000-deadweight-ton reefer vessels to transport Liaoyu's krill and fishing products from Antarctica
Crew safe after lobster boat sinks in Atlantic Canada
Four men are safe after their lobster fishing boat sank 36 nautical miles west of Seal Island, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Tuesday (Dec. 10)
Fishing boat sinks following alleged hit-and-run off southern India
A fishing trawler sank off Tamil Nadu's Colachel coast, in southern India, on Dec. 11 following a suspected collision with a passing commercial vessel
New England council reduces overall groundfish quota nearly 5%
The biggest quota drop is for Georges Bank haddock, which would get just 1,515.4 metric tons in fishing year 2025, 77% less than the 6,570.9t allowed in FY 2024
Bodies, debris from Alaska fishing vessel found week after sinking
The fishing vessel Wind Walker capsized near Point Couverden, Alaska, on Dec. 1, with five men on board
Bumble Bee tuna linked by Greenpeace to forced labor aboard Indonesian vessels
'This is just one of the many hidden tragedies lurking beneath the surface of a global market' -- Greenpeace report on forced labor