Watchdog Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has deepened its call on the government to resist any attempt by the Fisheries Commission to issue licences to three Chinese trawlers that have been registered to the Ghanaian flag and are awaiting licensing...

The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines (SSF Guidelines) recognize the right of fishers and fishworkers, acting both individually and collectively, to improve their livelihoods through value chains, post-harvest operations and trade. To achieve this, the...

The United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Brexit will enable Grimsby's fishing industry to 'recapture our spectacular natural marine wealth'. He was asked by Great Grimsby MP Lia Nici on Wednesday about the industry's future after Britai...

Environmental groups in the United States are suing President Trump over a decision to open a national marine monument off the coast of southern New England to commercial fishing, arguing the president’s proclamation violates federal law. The preside...

Prehistoric pioneers could have relied on shellfish to sustain them as they followed migratory routes out of Africa during times of drought, a new study suggests. The study examined fossil reefs near to the now-submerged Red Sea shorelines that marked ...

Seafood traders in China are bracing for a “psychological blow to consumption” and the possibility of wider disruption to imported proteins after Beijing halted shipments of European salmon amid fears it may be the source of a new coronavirus outbreak...

Norway said Wednesday it wanted to resume exports of its salmon to China after Beijing appeared to rule it out as a possible source of COVID-19. Norwegian salmon came under scrutiny after a recently discovered cluster of new coronavirus cases was repor...

The recent increase in diesel price has put Indian fishermen on a sticky wicket at a time when high operational cost is preventing many of them from undertaking long voyages. “Fishing is no more remunerative for us due to high operational cost and th...

The fourth round of (virtual) negotiations between the EU and UK ended in stalemate on June 5th, with EU negotiator Michel Barnier saying that London was ‘backtracking’ on what was agreed in the Political Declaration. The next round of talks is set...

Two conservation groups are suing the U.S. government to force a decision on a 2014 legal petition seeking sanctions against Mexico for failing to stop illegal fishing that endangers the world’s rarest marine mammal, the vaquita marina porpoise. Fewe...