Fishers apprehended for illegally fishing inside the Australian Fishing Zone last month were found guilty at a hearing in Darwin earlier this week

Sanford has said it is prepared to cease activities in the Harauki Gulf on the proviso that all fishers in the region record and report their catches

Marine liability insurer North P&I Club is launching a new safety poster campaign to help reduce the number of personal injury accidents onboard fishing vessels

Shetland fishers are demanding tougher policing of Scotland’s territorial waters after claims that Faroese-flagged vessels are operating unchallenged

By Tom Seaman

Strong demand sees Sea Harvest re-fit fresh vessel for FAS fillets and H&G production, as South African firm also invests in land-based processing

Ex-vessel prices reported last month by the NOAA continue to reflect a difficult year for shrimp fishermen

Danish fishing company Gitte Henning has ordered a new large pelagic midwater trawler/purse seiner based on a design from Norway's Salt Ship Design

Danish shipyard Karstensens Skibsvaerft has won an order from Scotland-based Eshcol Fishing Company, for a 69.95-meter newbuild, Grateful

Norwegian whitefish catcher Havfisk has sold its trawler, Stamsund, to a small Icelandic company for NOK 20m

By Tom Seaman

Ocean Trawlers parent in support of vessel, processing investment incentives if done right, otherwise quota will end up further consolidated ‘among very limited group of companies'