All Fishing articles
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NewsLidl moves to Chilean jack mackerel over sustainability fears
The supermarket told The Grocer it was transitioning to Marine Stewardship Council-certified Chilean jack mackerel for its tinned mackerel and that it would be reviewing its sourcing for smoked mackerel ahead of its next purchasing window
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NewsBluefin tuna farm boom threatening food security, NGO warns
The increase in the fishing of the species threatened stocks and could impact wider seafood supply chains, the NGO warned
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NewsWhitby Seafoods ‘fit for future’ after 2025 restructure
The decision to exit non-food manufacuring activities, which included the disposal its fishing business, wiped £1.5m from its balance sheet and resulted in a £1m post-tax loss – a fall of around 160% year on year
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NewsRecord high revenues drive up Q2 earnings at Mowi
Revenues at the world’s largest producer of farm-raised salmon increased 15% year on year to €1.6bn (£1.4bn) in Q2 2026
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NewsSalmon deaths and lower prices slash profits at Loch Duart
Mass deaths at one of the company’s sites due to jellyfish and greater supply of salmon in the market increased its operating loss by around 1,200% from £649.9k to £8.4m
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NewsIndustry first programme launched to protect fishing crews across global tuna fleet
The US-based not-for-profit said its Risk-based Assurance and Remediation Programme provided scalable solutions to tackle challenges facing companies and fishers across tuna supply chains.
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NewsScottish salmon farms ‘key’ for rural and coastal communities, report says
The analysis found the sector supported the economic and social fabric of remote and island communities, ‘particularly where alternative sources of year-round employment are limited’
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NewsMowi secures permission for 2,075-tonne salmon farm in Scotland
The Bergen-based multinational has secured planning consent from Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and an environmental permit from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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NewsNew wave of Scottish hospitality businesses sign up to farmed salmon boycott campaign
Edinburgh-based luxury hotel and restaurant The Witchery and Contini restaurant group have taken the decision, spearheading the latest wave of businesses signing up to WildFish’s Off The Table campaign
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NewsWhitby Seafood launches revamped Scampi Bites
The bites have been reformulated to include fresh cod and scampi to improve taste and texture, while the packaging has been redesigned to put snacking cues front-of-pack
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NewsDefra rejects Sea Use Framework proposal
The policy had been proposed as part of the committee’s ‘Resetting the relationship with fish communities’ report
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NewsFishing firm Klondyke delivers £20m dividend thanks to soaring profits
It comes after the company reported a turnover of £55.1m and a pre-tax profit of £36.9m in the financial year to 30 June 2025
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NewsUK must ’act now’ on land-based seafood farming, report says
The authors said the UK had a ’unique opportunity’ to adopt and develop land-based seafood production technologies
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NewsSalmon farmer Loch Duart hits back at ‘campaign of harassment’
The backlash comes after activist groups Scottish Salmon Watch and Abolish Salmon Farming filmed dead and diseased fish, as well as birds, at its site in Loch A Chairn Bhain
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NewsNew measures agreed to curb Russia’s exploitation of mackerel stocks
Members of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission voted to restrict Russia’s mackerel catch after it unilaterally decided to raise its quota to 67,548 tonnes
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NewsScottish salmon sector needs urgent reform to unlock growth, claims study
Prosper delivered the warning in its study ‘Net gains: supporting Scotland’s salmon farming sector’
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NewsBakkafrost accused of misleading regulators after dead and diseased fish found at site
Animal Equality UK said the business misled authorities about the true status of its apparently fallow Loch Torridon site
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NewsJapanese seafood giant pushes for more sustainable northeast Atlantic mackerel
The business, whose operating profit exceeded ¥40bn last year, has joined the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group – established in 2020 after Northeast Atlantic mackerel and blue whiting fisheries lost their Marine Stewardship Council certifications
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NewsHidden boat ownership risks fuelling illegal fishing in UK waters, study says
In its ‘Whose Boat Is This’ study, NGO ClientEarth found holes in UK law, which does not require ‘ultimate boat ownership’ disclosure, were potentially benefiting ships engaged in ‘illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing’
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NewsScottish mussel production hits record thanks to surging EU demand
The Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2025 found a record 12,303 tonnes of common mussels were produced for the table market last year, representing a 5.2% increase year on year and a rise of 59.1% on 2016’s total