Marine Fish

US - The Pacific Cod fishery opened on January 1 in the Gulf of Alaska and some processors have already begun offloading fish from their smaller boats, reports Kyla Ganton in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute…

NORWAY - Every year 340,000 tonnes of usable whitefish by-product are discarded into the sea. But the fisheries industry has now identified ways of halting this practice.

UK - Further action to boost sustainable fishing begins as the next phase of the discard ban for demersal species comes into force, announced Fisheries Minister George Eustice.

JAPAN - At the beginning of each year, the legendary Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo hosts an increasingly sad spectacle: the first auction of the season for one of the last remaining Pacific bluefin tun…

NORWAY - Entering the last month of 2016, the Norwegian seafood industry year to date exports totalled NOK 83.2 billion. By value this represents an increase of NOK 16 billion compared to the same per…

SWEDEN - Deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine) in wildlife is previously known as a problem among certain species within relatively limited geographical areas. Now, researchers at Stockholm University, …

NORWAY - Evolutionary and ecological factors interact to influence the growth and size of fish, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)…

EU - EU ministers have reached an agreement on fishing opportunities for 2017 in the Atlantic, North Sea and Black Sea, following discussions at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 12 and 13 Dece…

US - With so many salmon fisheries occurring across Alaska each year, why is there always so much hoopla about Bristol Bay? It can be summed up in a single word: sockeye.

US - The current senior vice president of sales at Bumble Bee Foods has agreed to plead guilty for his role in a conspiracy to fix the prices of packaged seafood such as canned tuna sold in the United…

CANADA - There could be a glimmer of hope for Atlantic Cod Stocks from the Canadian Maritimes. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has designed a new fishing net to reduce Cod bycatch while fishing f…

US - Bering Sea fish stocks are booming but its a mixed bag for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska.

EUROPE - North Sea cod fishermen will be able to land every catch not just cod more easily following an updated regulation which will remove limits on the number of days a vessel can spend in a fish…

US - A drastic price increase on Atlantic Haddock finished goods could hit North American markets as early as next April, report Rob Reierson and Kyla Ganton in the Tradex Foods 3-Minute Market Insigh…

UK - Seafish's regulation team has recently been made aware of an issue with some tuna that is being placed on the UK market.

EUROPE - WWF is calling on 48 fishing nations gathering today in Vilamoura, Portugal to end over three decades of overfishing of the Mediterranean swordfish and urgently adopt an ambitious recovery pl…

US - A new study has found that as industries cut down on their mercury emissions, the mercury concentrations in some fish drop too.

JAPAN - Dainichi Corporation is one of Japan's main seafood and aquaculture firms. Located by the Uwa Sea in Ehime prefecture, it employs 140 people in three cities in Japan and one in the US. Since i…

GLOBAL - The 2016 China Fisheries and Seafood Expo wrapped up in Qingdao last Friday, leaving the market buzzing with pricing and supply trends for next year, reports Kyla Ganton in the Tradex Foods 3…

US - As Alaskas iconic halibut fishery wraps up this week, stakeholders are holding their breath to learn if catches might ratchet up slightly again in 2017. Meanwhile, prices for hard to get shares o…