Eight, including fishing association head, arrested in Thai labor crackdown
Thai officials arrested eight people, including the head of a fishing association on Nov. 7, in connection with human trafficking allegations
Expanding Russian fishing firm ramping up on-board pollock, herring fillet production
Acquisitive Sigma plans to up pollock PBO production significantly for sale to Europe and US, while also upping output of herring fillets for domestic sales
Australia burns vessel found to be fishing illegally
Fishers apprehended for illegally fishing inside the Australian Fishing Zone last month were found guilty at a hearing in Darwin earlier this week
Sanford offers to withdraw from New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf
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 insurer rolls out UK safety poster campaign
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 fishermen angry over Faroes’ North Sea fishing quota
Shetland fishers are demanding tougher policing of Scotland’s territorial waters after claims that Faroese-flagged vessels are operating unchallenged
Sea Harvest re-fits fresh hake trawler for sea-frozen production
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
Gulf of Mexico shrimp prices stay low
Ex-vessel prices reported last month by the NOAA continue to reflect a difficult year for shrimp fishermen
Danish owner orders new 90m pelagic vessel
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
Karstensens building pelagic trawler for Scottish owners
Danish shipyard Karstensens Skibsvaerft has won an order from Scotland-based Eshcol Fishing Company, for a 69.95-meter newbuild, Grateful