Regulation & Enforcement

MP 6
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

VESSEL REVIEW | MP 6 – Hong Kong fisheries agency's new patrol boat with firefighting capability

Baird Maritime
Lieutenant (junior grade) Madeline Mee (closest to camera), a boarding team member assigned to the US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Midgett, inspects a fishing vessel during a law enforcement boarding under the regional fisheries management organisations (RFMO) authority in the Pacific Ocean, July 1, 2026. RFMO boardings ensure compliance with international fisheries regulations and counter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing in the Pacific Ocean.
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

US Coast Guard, international partners conclude joint anti-IUU fishing patrol in Northern Pacific

Will Xavier
Philippine Coast Guard personnel aboard a small boat observe houses being razed by fire in one of the coastal areas of Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, August 14, 2026. The coast guard crews and personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources successfully rescued 32 individuals whose homes were affected by the blaze.
Search and Rescue

Philippine Coast Guard, partners respond to coastal fire in Zamboanga City

Will Xavier
Western rock lobster
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Western Australia scientists conduct surveys to study rock lobster survival in shallow waters

Gareth Havelock
The Japanese fisheries patrol boat Amakusa
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

VESSEL REVIEW | Amakusa – Waterjet-powered patrol boat for fisheries enforcement in Japanese waters

Baird Maritime
A school of bluefin tuna
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

UK's bluefin tuna fishery opens for 2026

Jens Karsten
The German submarine U-864, which lies at the bottom of the North Sea just off Norway's Vestland County. The submarine was sunk by a torpedo fired by a British submarine, leading to her loss and those of her entire 73-strong crew, on February 9, 1945.
Naval Submersibles

Norwegian authorities warn of mercury contamination from sunken WW2 submarine

Will Xavier
Bluefin tuna
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

The bluefin tuna boom leaving Japanese fishermen empty-handed

Reuters
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Shipping

Fishing and sailing resume in Qatar after mysterious suspension

Reuters
Satellite view of Georges Bank in New England
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

US cuts fisheries red tape to open Georges Bank to scallop fishing

Reuters
The waters off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands are home to more than 30 species of shark.
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

OPINION | We kill cockroaches; why not sharks?

Fred Pawle
European fishing boats
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Europeche: New scientific study highlights that fisheries footprint is not a matter of size

Europêche
Keel-laying ceremony for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency's new 99-metre patrol vessel, June 25, 2026
Coast Guard

Keel laid for Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency patrol vessel

Will Xavier
Shrimp platter
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Norway and EU agree on increased shrimp quota for next fishing year

Alan Bosworth
Pacific Ocean map
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

US to restore commercial fishing in select Pacific marine monuments

Alan Bosworth
Fishing vessels
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Peruvian authorities extend fishing ban indefinitely due to El Nino

Alan Bosworth
Vikenty Zaitsev
Research, Environment & Training

Russian fisheries research vessel to sail to Siberia on maiden voyage

Jens Karsten
A fishing vessel operated by Russian company Norebo
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Russia expects fisheries agreement with Norway to remain in force until 2027

Jens Karsten
An Australian Border Force Cape-class patrol boat
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Australian and Indonesian authorities conduct joint patrol to combat illegal fishing

Will Xavier
Icelandic Salmon cites low harvest volumes leading to YOY drop in revenues, income in Q4 2024
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Aquaculture group warns of structural bias in EU fisheries policy evaluation

Alan Bosworth
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