Filipino tuna fleet considers tying up as operating costs ramp up
The Filipino tuna industry has been recording significant spikes in itsoperating costs due to the increasing fuel prices globally, which take up 60% of the total expenses
EU cod fleet calls on Commission to stand up for fishing rights in Norway
The EU cod fleet represented by Europeche and ENAFA has denounced once again the decision taken by Norway to cut the EU's cod quota in Svalbard
Canadian crabbing rights dispute leaves fishers concerned for livelihood
The Tofino fishery on the west coast of Vancouver Island is the subject of a legal dispute after a government ruling on rights allocations where neither party claims to have been consulted
Arctic multinational governing council suspended due to Russia conflict
Seven of the Arctic Council's eight members have agreed to boycott future meetings, except for Russia, which holds the council's rotating chairmanship
Tesco becomes first UK retailer to stock MSC, purse-seine tuna
Beginning at the start of 2022, retailer Tesco started buying MSC-certified canned tuna from suppliers that were not exclusively pole-and-line for the first time
UK gov’t issues sanctions against Russian whitefish imports
Under the new sanctions, there will be an additional 35% tariff applied to many products imported from Russia, including whitefish
Iceland’s whitefish prices go on rising, annual drop delayed
Typically, fish prices on Iceland's whitefish auctions drop to their lowest level from February to May at the height of the catching season -- that has not been the case this year
EU fleet faces stoppages, collapse as fuel price rises to record high
Spanish and European industry groups are eyeing strike action if they do not receive the aid they say is urgent, as fuel and logistics costs rocket
Russian seafood ban will hit US industry hard, SENA speakers say
The US Food and Drug Administration and US Customs are already tracing shipping worldwide in search of illegal activity as seafood producers reroute Russian traffic
Fingers crossed for another banner year of Atlantic Canada snow crab
The snow crab fishery is gearing up in hopes of another banner season in 2022, buoyed by expectations of more quota, high prices and less competition from rival nations