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Energy transition: Charting a fair course for fishing fleets

The fishing industry, reliant on fossil fuels and vulnerable to climate change, needs to shift to alternative energy – but in a way that’s fair for vulnerable countries and communities.

Brexit-induced spatial restrictions reveal alarming increase of fishing fleet’s carbon footprint

Using Brexit as a natural experiment, the researchers used open fisheries data to unravel the consequences for the Norwegian mackerel fishery. The findings reveal an alarming shift in the fishery's performance and carbon emissions due to the changes in fishing practices.

U.S. Department of Commerce allocates over $20.6M in fishery disaster funding

Funds will support California salmon fisheries

New Zealand backs away from deep-sea trawling restrictions

The New Zealand government appears to be turning its back on South Pacific ocean conservation measures and UN resolutions it has signed, environment groups say.

This destructive fishing style doesn’t just harm marine life

Bottom trawling is banned in over half of U.S. federal waters, and produces harmful emissions that are warming the planet.

New partnership to develop North Atlantic right whale protection technologies

Biden administration announces USD 10 million contract for right whale-protection technology

The EU fisheries control system gets a major revamp

The revised rules modernise the way fishing activities are controlled, for both EU vessels and those fishing in EU waters.

Norwegian Hydrogen to fuel zero-emission fishing vessel

Norwegian Hydrogen will deliver green hydrogen to the world's first hydrogen-powered fishing vessel.

Damen Maaskant sets the stage for electrification of future razor shell fishery

Damen Maaskant has delivered another pioneering technical solution for reducing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions.

Innovasea adds AI biomass estimation to its suite of Atlantic salmon tools

U.S.A.-based Innovasea – a company developing tech solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking – has added AI-based biomass estimation for Atlantic salmon to its suite of aquaculture solutions.

The EU and UK reach three agreements on fisheries management

Following the departure of the UK from the EU, most stocks in the EU waters of the north-east Atlantic are now shared with non-EU countries, in particular the UK.

The aquaculture sector is aiming at better plastic recycling

There is enormous potential in the aquaculture sector to generate circular economy initiatives when it comes to its use of plastics. But can these be made commercially viable? Researchers believe that they can.

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