The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council may decrease Guam's quota for bottomfish species and raise the bottomfish quota for American Samoa

By Ola Wietecha

Macduff vessels accounts for 28% of UK catch but their catch rate is a fifth of Canadian rates, says Clearwater CEO

By Tom Seaman

Largest company in Russia supports drive to create a special committee to crack down on apparent continued illegal foreign ownership of quotas in country

By Neil Ramsden

Economic climate, and the need for Norwegian yards to win new contracts, make the country a very attractive option for building vessels at present

By Neil Ramsden

Vessel owners W. Stevenson and Sons will now undertake preventative maintenance, after vessel repairs pushed them into a loss last year

By Neil Ramsden

Head of specialized at-sea processing equipment firm believes the next five to ten years will see a raft of replacements to a global, aging shrimp fleet

By Jason Smith

California wet fish processor, successor to Tomich Brothers, has halted operations in recent weeks due to El Nino-induced difficulties in obtaining fish 

By Jason Smith

Government body determines it will order further monitoring of deep sea corals in Pribilof Canyon instead of closing it off to fishing, but Greenpeace isn’t happy with decision

Northern Irish company Voyager Fishing Company has put in an order for a new pelagic trawler

By Tom Seaman

Clearwater deal structured so Beaton family stay involved with financial incentive to continue growth, with managing director Roy Cunningham also committed to stay on