Norwegian salmon producer Sotra Fiskeindustri has invested in a Skaginn 3X Sub-Chilling system which cools fish to -1.5°C, which has the advantages of extending shelf-life, improving processing yield and significantly reducing carbon footprint.
Meeting in Brussels this week, the Fisheries Council reached agreement on the catch limits for 2019 just two weeks before the latest and toughest phase of the landing obligation comes into effect.
Iceland’s minister of fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has signed off regulations regarding the Icelandic fleet’s quotas for blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring for 2019. At present there is no agreement with the Faroe Islands for Icelandic vessels to catch any of these quotas in Faroese waters.
Larsnes Mek Verksted has delivered a new Rolls-Royce-designed purse seiner/seiner netter to fishing company Hovden Senior, based at Kjødepollen in western Norway. This is the company’s third newbuild since 1996, and replaces a 2007-built vessel.
The Icelandic pelagic fleet has tied up for the year after finishing on blue whiting, just as heavy weather hit the fishing grounds and catch rates had dropped away.
This year’s Council of Ministers is over following the usual gathering in Brussels. In broad terms, in 2019 there will be 59 fish stocks that are managed at MSY levels, some TACs have been increased, others cut, protection measures are in place for eel, bass remains a huge headache and the landings obligation comes into force on 1st January.
The Russian Fishery Company (RRPK) has completed the preparatory stage for the construction of the Russian Mintai fish processing plant in the Nadezhdinskaya Tor region in Primorsky Krai.
The Secretary General of the Spanish Fisheries Confederation (Cepesca), Javier Garat, has been unanimously re-elected as President of European Fisheries Association Europêche during its General Assembly held in Brussels.
The Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries has announced that it has set a quota for Atlanto-Scandian herring of 429,650 tonnes, equivalent to 73% of the 588,562 tonne TAC agreed during recent coastal states negotiations.
Recently awarded an OBE for contributions to marine conservation, Mike Park of the Scottish White Fish Producers Association said that it was an honour and privilege to be included in the Queen’s birthday honours list.