The South Western FPO’s chief executive Jim Portus and Darren Edwards, otherwise known as Edd the Net of Brixham Trawl Makers, are flying to Thailand at the invitation of Dr Adisorn Promthep, Director General of the Thai Department of Fisheries.
A tuna purse seiner that suffered a fire on board last week and was towed out to sea has sunk, and an investigation has been launched into the circumstances of the vessel’s loss and how the fire started.
A change to the UK Government’s Fisheries Bill making it a legal obligation for ministers to pursue a better share of fishing rights has been welcomed by Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell, describing the development as ‘great news.’
The Concarneau-based Piriou Group has established a repair facility in La Réunion to provide services for its clients based on the island, operating in the Indian and Southern Oceans.
Damen’s first Fishing Seminar, held in Cape Town, has been heralded a great success, with more than 60 participants attending from a broad cross-section of the industry, including the five major South African fishing companies.
A group of companies in the Danish port of Thyborøn have been involved in fitting out a new trawler now fishing for whitefish in the North Sea, and which has capacity for industrial fishing during the season.
Minister of fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has allocated 14,305 tonnes of regional quotas around Iceland.
Clothing drying systems from Dutch company Pronomar are in increasingly widespread use on commercial vessels, and the company is also seeing increased interest from shipyards in installing drying facilities.
An independent survey by the NAFC Marine Centre UHI indicates a promising future for Shetland fisheries, locating record numbers of small haddock and increases in small cod and whiting populations. More than fifty tows were carried out this summer by NAFC’s research vessel to assess abundance of key stocks.
Geir Johansen from Botnhamn in the north of Norway has taken delivery of a new 36-foor Malo Sjark from Jemar Norwpower in Kristiansund, with the boat completed, trialled and delivered in time to steam home to the north before Christmas.