Irish fishermen ask for ‘super trawler’ ban
A group of Irish fishermen are asking European Union officials to sign off on a ban on the use of 'super trawlers' near their country's coast
Red Chamber continues leasing Alpesca assets
Argentinian authorities continue leasing Alpesca's assets to Red Chamber, a year after the beginning of the contract
Maldives fisheries chief confident P&L tuna can hold onto MSC status
Head of Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company believes his country’s P&L skipjack and yellowfin tuna fishery can avoid losing MSC certification in upcoming audit
Oceana sells vessel from Namibian horse mackerel ops to NZ’s Independent
Independent Fisheries of New Zealand buys factory trawler Desert Rose from Oceana, which is downsizing its fleet in the Namibian horse mackerel fishery
Thai tuna industry chief: ‘You don’t need to be a scientist to know we’re overfishing’
The global total tuna catch for 2015 will exceed five million metric tons due to continued overfishing, according to the president of the TTIA
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