Peru, the world’s largest fishmeal exporter, will see anchovy catches by companies including Copeinca ASA (COP) and Austevoll Seafood ASA (AUSS) drop by a quarter as the country seeks to boost stocks depleted by last year’s El Nino phenomenon, a gover...

Sri Lanka so far this year has arrested 125 Indian fishermen for violating Sri Lanka's International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and entering into Sri Lankan territorial waters but no fishermen have been killed as claimed by the Tamil Nadu fishermen and...

A number of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) carried out on Tuesday a protest pause in solidarity with the Yemeni fishermen detained by the Eritrean authorities. Participants lifted slogans condemning the Eritrean practices against Yemeni fisherm...

As the yen has plunged in recent months, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s popularity has soared. But would the love still be there if cheap sushi fell by the wayside, a victim of Mr. Abe’s economic policies? This Friday and Saturday, 1,000 squid boats o...

The EU's Fisheries Commissioner has warned EU governments that a speedy resolution is needed to resolve the deadlock over reform of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), during a meeting of the EU Fisheries Council on 22 April 2013. There is currentl...

Starting on Monday, European Union (EU) Ministers of Fisheries and Agriculture will examine in Luxembourg the state of negotiations with the European Parliament to reform the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and start the implementation process from next yea...

The European Parliament's fisheries committee voted today (23 January) to approve a new blacklist of countries improperly managing their fisheries, proposed by the European Commission. The proposal would set up a new rapid procedure for listing countri...

Leading North America seafood company, Bumble Bee Foods, today announced the introduction of Wild Selections(R) -- a new high-quality branded line of products certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Wi...

The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a proposed rule to upgrade the classification of the California swordfish and thresher shark drift gillnet fishery from “Category II” to the more serious “Category I” listing for its deadl...

Government officials met Friday with fishermen in Yilan County on Taiwan’s northeast coast to explain the extended fishing access they’ve been granted by the landmark fisheries agreement Taiwan signed with Japan. Japan and Taiwan inked the deal on ...