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EU fisheries sustainability improves – but challenges remain

The European Commission has published its annual report on the state of EU fisheries, demonstrating continuing long-term progress towards sustainable fishing, although serious challenges persist for some stocks and sea basins. Key commercial stocks face difficulties in the Baltic and the Western Mediterranean. The EU fleet now comprises 69,000 vessels employing more than 155,200 people across Europe’s coastal communities. The capacity of the fleet to catch fish continued to be reduced in 2025 reflecting a structural adjustment towards balance with available fishing opportunities. The EU has now responded to two severe fuel crises within four years In response to the… [...]

NOAA Fisheries launches Atlantic mackerel study

NOAA Fisheries is partnering with the US Northeast fishing industry to collect management-relevant data on mackerel population dynamics using advanced technology. This initiative will receive $2.3 million in the current fiscal year. The project will engage more than 50 fishing vessels to collect and analyse data to improve understanding of the Atlantic mackerel stock. Fishing vessels will be involved in developing acoustic technologies to detect and quantify mackerel, collecting mackerel samples for biological analysis, tagging mackerel to understand movement between US and Canadian waters, participating in mackerel egg surveys to better understand spawning, and developing and testing hypotheses about the… [...]

Icelandic institute delivers advice for coming quota year

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute has published its advice for the 2026-27 quota year. This includes a positive recommendation for a 358,044-tonne capelin fishery, an increase for golden redfish, but reductions for other groundfish species. The advice for capelin is an 81% increase on the recommendation for the last quota year. The capelin figures are provisional and will be updated following the autunm research survey. The instituet also recommends a 1% reduction in the cod TAC to 201,674 tonnes, with a recommendation that the overall cod catch should not increase over the coming two to three years. The 2021… [...]

Peru announces extended fishing closure as no let-up in El Niño effect

In a development with implications for the global trade in fishmeal and fish oil, the authorities in Peru have have extended the current fishing closure. The closure had initially been to 10th June for the area from the northern limit of Peru’s EEZ to 16°00′S. No end date for this closure has been announced for the termination of the suspension, although the measure may be lifted fully, partially, or gradually by the Vice-Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, subject to IMARPE’s scientific assessment and updated biological, fishing, and environmental conditions. As Coastal El Niño conditions continue, repeated suspensions reflect ongoing concerns… [...]

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New Vessels

We keep track of new fishing vessels from all over Europe and around the world, in line with the major optimisation of fisheries that has taken place in recent years. We follow shipyards and designers around the world to keep you updated on newbuilds in the fishing industry.