Norwegian fishing firm has ordered a new whitefish factory vessel, set for delivery in 2018; it will be designed by OptimarStette

Chile’s fisheries head Raul Sunico says licenses can’t be forever and that they should awarded without privileges to existing companies

French trawl gear manufacturer Le Drezen hopes Tri Marine's order for a new tuna purse seine is the first of many from Pacific fishing operators

Clearwater Seafoods has announced a plan to invest in a new 'state-of-the-art' vessel for its Canadian clam fleet, replacing a 28-year-old ship

By Tom Seaman

Russia is looking to stimulate fleet renewal by offering quotas to yards that build in the country, but some owners are apparently still looking overseas

By Matt Craze

Blumar’s salmon business became bigger than its fisheries unit in the first half of this year because of declining landings of pelagic fish

Ecuador authorizes six vessels to carry out five-day exploratory period to assess the biomass off the country’s Pacific coastline

Peruvian anchovy output rose 103% in July on bigger landings compared with a year ago, the country’s statistics institute said

More than 2,700t of tuna were seized from boats moored off Phuket, Thailand, on Sep. 2, suspected of illegal, unreported and unregistered fishing

Foreign vessel, apprehended 250 nautical miles to the northeast of Cairns, was found to contain found dive equipment and approximately 5 metric tons of sea cucumber