#fishing-industry — Public Fediverse posts

Australia’s largest wild-caught prawn business, Raptis and Sons Group (brands: Agrios, Seaport, Ocean Pearl), has collapsed into administration with no buyer found — costing ~200 jobs.
The family business, started in the 1950s from a fish & chip shop, ran a 15-boat fleet out of tiny Karumba in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Blame game: oversupply, lower catches, rising costs — plus fishing licence restrictions and diesel shock according to Bob Katter.
Another blow to local seafood towns while we import more and more.

#AustralianSeafood #FishingIndustry #Karumba

https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/gutted-largest-wild-prawn-fisher-043532403.html

‘Something out of the ordinary’: why are Japan’s oysters dying en masse? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/31/japan-oysters-dying-death-rate-warming-seas-hiroshima #Oysters #Japan #ClimateCrisis #Fishing #FishingIndustry #Oceans #MarineLife #AsiaPacific #Environment #Food #WorldNews #Business #Animals #Wildlife #FoodDrinkIndustry

‘It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop’: at sea with the Antarctic’s krill supertrawlers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/24/krill-foundation-food-antarctic-ecosystem-survive-factory-fishing #EndangeredSpecies #Fishing #Antarctica #SeaShepherdConservationSociety #MarineLife #EnvironmentalActivism #Conservation #Environment #Food #Wildlife #WorldNews #Norway #FishingIndustry #Cetaceans #Animals #Business #Birds #Europe #China #AsiaPacific #Zoology ...

How the ‘Galápagos of west Africa’ is plundered by floating fish factories https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/09/fish-factories-west-africa-guardian-investigation-desmog-fishmeal-oil #Guineabissau #FishingIndustry #Food #Fish #Oceans #Fishing #Environment #Fish #FishOil #Africa #Animals #Conservation #Food #MarineLife #Wildlife #WorldNews #Business #FoodSecurity

World’s largest krill harvester at centre of row over ‘blue tick’ sustainability label https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/04/worlds-largest-krill-harvester-row-blue-tick-sustainability-label #MarineLife #Environment #Conservation #Fish #FishingIndustry #Fishing #Wildlife #Food

Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishing https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/26/waitrose-suspends-sale-mackerel-overfishing #Fishing #FishingIndustry #Fish #Conservation #Environment #Food #MarineLife #Fish #Food #Wildlife #Waitrose #Supermarkets #JohnLewis #Business

‘It’s more exciting than Tesco’: can traditional fishing lure Cornwall’s young people? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/24/its-more-exciting-than-tesco-can-traditional-fishing-lure-cornwalls-young-people #Cornwall #FishingIndustry #UkNews #Environment #YouthUnemployment #YoungPeople #Society

“An entire system of comharran – Gaelic navigational marks – surrounds the islands… A wealth of knowledge about the creatures which populate these fishing grounds is also encoded within the Gaelic language.”

—Alastair Cole: How Scottish Gaelic is helping protect Scotland’s seas

https://theconversation.com/how-scottish-gaelic-is-helping-protect-scotlands-seas-155660

#Scotland #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #MotherLanguageDay #UNESCO #fishing #fishingindustry #Hebrides #language #minoritylanguage

‘It’s betrayal’: Shetland’s scallop fishers brace for arrival of UK’s largest salmon farm https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/17/scotland-shetland-fishing-salmon-fish-farms-environment-ssf #FishingIndustry #Scotland #UkNews #Environment #Fish #Fish #Fishing #Conservation #Food #MarineLife #Wildlife #Business #Coastlines #Food #ScottishPolitics

One dead and six missing as fishing boat out of historic Massachusetts port is lost at sea https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/31/lily-jean-fishing-boat-gloucester-massachusetts #Massachusetts #FishingIndustry #UsNews

Sometimes feeds can be strangely meta.

#FishingIndustry #HitchhikersGuide #douglasadams

Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/28/maine-lobster-lady-dies-aged-105 #Maine #UsNews #FishingIndustry

Ahead of Union Budget 2026, fishermen in Visakhapatnam are demanding fuel subsidies, financial support, and export incentives as rising costs threaten livelihoods and seafood exports across coastal Andhra Pradesh https://english.mathrubhumi.com/multimedia/videos/union-budget-2026-visakhapatnam-fishermen-fw1te53b?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #UnionBudget2026 #Visakhapatnam #Fishermen #FishingIndustry

60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/05/african-penguins-starve-to-death-south-africa-sardine-population-aoe #Endangeredspecies #Fishingindustry #Climatecrisis #Conservation #SouthAfrica #Environment #Marinelife #Worldnews #Wildlife #Fishing #Animals #Africa #Birds #Food

‘We don’t want to be a toy town’: has #Brexit sunk this historic #UK #fishing fleet? | #FishingIndustry | The Guardian

When an entire industry votes to self destruct. I feel sorry for the already struggling communities – they were duped by corrupt politicians.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/09/hastings-brexit-sunk-historic-uk-fishing-fleet

#Politics #EU

Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/09/bottom-trawling-to-continue-in-english-protected-waters-government-rules #Fishingindustry #Greenpolitics #Conservation #Environment #Marinelife #Politics #Fishing #England #UKnews

How climate change is making Europe’s fish move to new waters
#Environment #ClimateChange #Oceans #Fish #Europe #WildSeasons #Fisheries #OceanHealth #SustainableFishing #MarineLife #GlobalWarming #Seafood #Ecosystems #Biodiversity #FishingIndustry
https://the-14.com/how-climate-change-is-making-europes-fish-move-to-new-waters/

A Fishing Boat’s Story in Cork

These intimate details from a single fishing boat in Ballycotton harbour tell the story of Ireland’s working coastline better than any wide-angle vista could manage. Every weathered rope, rusty chain, and salt-stained life ring speaks to the daily reality of earning a living from the sea.

Ballycotton’s fishing fleet primarily targets lobster, crab, and various fish species in the rich waters off the East Cork coast. The heavy rope and chain equipment visible in these photographs is essential for handling fishing gear in the often rough conditions of the Celtic Sea. Modern Irish fishing boats like this one typically use a combination of traditional techniques and modern technology, with equipment that must meet strict safety regulations while remaining practical for daily use. The life rings and safety equipment visible are mandatory under Irish maritime law, and the weathered appearance of the boat’s equipment reflects the harsh marine environment that constantly tests both vessels and crew along Ireland’s Atlantic coast.

#2025 #anchorChain #BallycottonHarbour #BlarneyPhotographyClub #boatDetails #Cork #CountyCork #EastCork #fishingBoat #fishingFleet #fishingIndustry #harbourLife #Ireland #lifeRings #maritimeEquipment #maritimeHeritage #mooringRopes #Photo #Photography #SonyA7RV #weatheredEquipment #workingBoats

The Guardian view on Macron’s state visit: a renewed entente cordiale is good for France, Britain and Europe | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/07/the-guardian-view-on-macrons-state-visit-a-renewed-entente-cordiale-is-good-for-france-britain-and-europe #Fishingindustry #EmmanuelMacron #EuropeanUnion #Foreignpolicy #KeirStarmer #DonaldTrump #France #Brexit #UKnews #Europe

Overfishing has caused cod to halve in body size since 1990s, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/25/cod-shrinking-size-overfishing-study #Fishingindustry #Environment #Marinelife #Evolution #Fishing #Science #Fish

Overfishing has caused cod to halve in body size since 1990s, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/25/cod-shrinking-size-overfishing-study #Fishingindustry #Environment #Marinelife #Evolution #Fishing #Science #Fish

Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/11/maine-portland-us-sea-farm-kelp-mussels-shellfish-ocean-acidification #Greenhousegasemissions #Fishingindustry #Climatecrisis #Environment #Marinelife #Worldnews #Wildlife #Oceans #USnews #Maine

‘The seabed is full of them’: English fishers enjoy surprise octopus boom https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/26/the-seabed-is-full-of-them-english-fishers-enjoy-surprise-octopus-boom #Fishingindustry #Climatecrisis #Conservation #Environment #Marinelife #Wildlife #Fishing #UKnews #Oceans #Fish

#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #FishingIndustry #RegulatoryFree

From Reuters.com: How Trump’s regulatory freeze is disrupting the US fishing industry

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-trumps-regulatory-freeze-is-disrupting-us-fishing-industry-2025-03-23/