An order has been placed with French shipyard Piriou for a new 22.50 metre trawler for Armament Cabaret, with a delivery date in 2019. The newbuild will be registered in St Brieuc and is expected to operate in the Channel and Celtic Sea.
A the annual conference of the European Union’s outermost regions, in Gran Canaria, Jean-Claude Juncker has announced that nine outermost territories can now use state aid to support the renewal of the small-scale fishing fleet, while meeting conditions requiring sustainable activity.
Factory trawler Guðmundur í Nesi RE-13 has been advertised for sale and its crew of 36 given notice as the latest round of fleet reduction by fishing company Útgerðarfélag Reykjavíkur hf (ÚR), previously known as Brim, takes place. The company is expected to be left with a single vessel in operation by the beginning of next year.
The Chief Executive of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has welcomed the latest Brexit declaration as having achieved specific acknowledgment and reference to the crucial issue of the linkage between access and quotas to the wider trade issue.
The Northern Shipyard (Severnaya Verf) in St Petersburg has formally laid the keel of the lead vessel in a series of six for Russian fishing company Rybprominvest JSC, part of the Norebo Group. With its innovative layout, the new trawler is designed to have capacity for 1200 tonnes of frozen products, 334 tonnes of fishmeal and 95 tonnes of canned production.
Thai Union Group has commissioned its €21 million Thai Union Marine Nutrients tuna oil refinery, located in Rostock, to produce highly refined tuna oil.
Norwegian pelagic vessel Gardar is about to become the first fishing vessel to be retrofitted with a Wärtsilä 31 main engine, with significant improvements promised in both emissions and fuel consumption.
On the occasion of the World Fisheries Day, the FAO and the Holy See again joined forces to host a successful event focusing international attention on the fair treatment and well-being of fishing people around the world.
UK prime minister Theresa May was adamant in Parliament that Britain's fishing industry is not about the be traded off, while not everyone is convinced following the political declaration made in Parliament.
The European Commission has put forward proposals to follow precautionary advice for virtually all deep sea stocks, and Commissioner Karmenu Vella commented that there is frequently incomplete knowledge on the state of these vulnerable stocks.