One herring season over, another starting
Iceland’s Atlanto-Scandian herring season has come to an end for this year, with Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur finishing with a 1225 tonne herring landing in Neskaupstaður last week.
UK fishing hits £1billion turnover
Figures released this week show the UK fishing fleet’s turnover has reached £1billion for the first time. The figures have been published by Seafish in its Economics of the UK Fishing Fleet 2017 report, which analyses the performance of the catching sector and is based on the most recent annual accounts available for fishing vessels.
Ocean Choice invests in Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries with new trawler
St Johns company Ocean Choice International has announced the order for a new trawler to be built at the Tersan shipyard in Turkey with a December 2019 delivery date.
New fishing vessel working conditions law in force
From this month, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) will require UK fishing vessels to comply with the International Organisation’s C-188 Work In Fishing Convention.
Heavyweights launched at Gdansk yard
The Nauta Shipyard at Gdansk in Poland has sent a couple of large new fishing vessels down the ways and into the water, with partly-outfitted hulls launched for completion at yards in Norway and Denmark.
MSC announces £1 million Ocean Stewardship Fund
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced a £1 million fund and initiative to support small scale fisheries and those in the Global South on their pathway to sustainability.
Twin-rigger order for Hoekman Shipbuilding
A new twin-rig trawler has been ordered from the Hoekman yard by Urk owners, and is to be built to a design by Scheepsbouw Bureau Herman Jansen, with a delivery date in mid-2020.
Martine, as good as new
30-year old skipper Martin Jørgensen is now in charge on the virtually completely rebuilt Martine L-649, following its major refit at the Karstensens Skibsværft yard in Skagen.
Support for Russia’s smaller-scale fishing sector
As the larger end of the Russian fishing fleet has been receiving government support in the form of investment quotas, The Federal Agency for Fisheries and the Ministry of Trade and Industry have been discussing ways to encourage renewal of smaller-scale fishing vessels.
Support for Nova Scotia enterprises
Funding support from Canada’s Atlantic Fisheries Fund to a variety of enterprises in Nova Scotia includes a pilot study into the effectiveness of ropeless technology for the lobster industry to reduce whale entanglements.
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