Oceana calls on France, Spain and Italy to reduce overcapacity, rebuild fish populations, and redirect funding towards a more selective fleet

A report reveals that too many fishing boats are chasing already overfished populations in the western Mediterranean, leaving many kinds of bottom trawlers unprofitable or only marginally viable, despite continued public subsidies. The report, commissioned by Oceana, identifies the need for a strategic shift by French, Italian and Spanish fisheries ministries to tackle overcapacity, rebuild fish populations, and redirect public funds away from subsidising failing operators, towards supporting more selective and sustainable fishers

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Crooks fit stolen licence plates to lorry in midnight raid on Gardermoen fish load.

Norwegian police are hunting brazen thieves who hooked an entire trailer packed with fish worth nearly NOK 1.8 million ($180,000) – from an industrial estate by Oslo’s main airport in the middle of the night.

The refrigerated trailer, loaded with about 15 tonnes of fish, was stolen from a site near Gardermoen, home to Oslo Airport and one of Norway’s biggest hubs for seafood exports.

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The two remaining candidates to be Chile’s next president have been urged to fix controversial laws that are said to be holding back the development of salmon farming, reports Fish Farming Expert’s Chilean sister site, Salmonexpert.cl.

Communist candidate Jeannette Jara and ultraconservative José Antonio Kast polled 26.7% and 24.1% of the vote respectively in yesterday’s first round, which eliminated other contenders. But other right-wing candidates took almost 30% of votes, meaning Kast is currently favourite to win the head-to-head run-off with Jara on December 14 if those votes are switched to him.

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An aerial drone photo shows an ecological marine cage breeding area in Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province. As a province noted for its major marine fishery economy, Shandong has been actively building marine farms in recent years, aiming to continuously enrich the "blue food depot."

To date, Shandong has built 139 "marine farms" at or above the provincial level, including 71 at the national level, or 38 percent of the country's total at the level. The province now boasts an integrated industrial chain for marine fishery that ranges from aquaculture, fishing to intensive processing.

Workers package sweet shrimp products at Shandong Meijia Group Co., Ltd. in Rizhao City, east China's Shandong Province.

The output of marine aquatic products in Shandong reached 8.25 million tonnes with an added value exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.09 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024, topping among all regions at the provincial level in the country. (Photo by Li Xinjun/Xinhua)

The annual meeting of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean in Málaga has delivered progress on vessel transparency but leaves major enforcement gaps, according to the Med Sea Alliance and its members Oceana and The Nature Conservancy

Countries agreed to require International Maritime Organisation numbers for vessels over 20 metres, a permanent and cost-free identifier intended to improve traceability and curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

Campaigners said the move helps but still excludes much of the fleet.

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