Strong US Dungeness season start begs question: Could this year be a runaway?
'We started with the highest starting price in the history of the fishery and we are catching quite a lot of crab' -- Hugh Link, executive director, Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission
Russian fisheries production grows 1.5% to 5.05m metric tons in 2021
This figure of 5.05m metric tons is higher than Russia's previous record catch of 2018
UK court asks gov’t to review ‘absurd’ case against Greenpeace boulder barrier
Phil Haslam, the MMO director of operations who opted to prosecute Greenpeace over its boulder-dropping activities, has since moved to fisher North Atlantic Holdings
Norway pelagic prices likely stable in 2022, unless mackerel sharing agreement made
Experts at Norges Sildesalgslag expect little change in pricing for herring and mackerel this year, unless Norway's mackerel quota is slashed by agreeing to a lower share
Cornish king crab renaming scores win for UK fishermen
UK sales of spider crab have jumped by up to 400% after the species was renamed Cornish king crab in order to appeal to British consumers
First offshore wind lease sale under Biden expected soon
Some portion of the New York Bight, a nearly 800,000-acre area of the Atlantic Ocean, could start to be sold to wind-to-energy companies by the US Department
Conservation group sues NMFS to stop sablefish gear from entangling humpbacks
Commercial fisheries, in total, entangle 25 humpback whales annually off the US west coast -- Center for Biological Diversity
Sea Harvest seals $50m deal for Australian fishing business
The South African firm said the move was a significant step in its strategy to buy international seafood firms focused on high-value species
Russian Fishery takes Carsoe vessel spend up to $200m
RFC initially awarded the Danish firm a DKK 800m contract to outfit seven vessels with processing gear; now it has ordered the same again across another four
Indonesia mulls permitting return of foreign capital to fishery sector
The Indonesian government has excluded foreign investment from the fisheries and capture sector since 2016 in an effort to reduce IUU fishing in the region
