Atlantic Dawn launched at Middlesbrough
The Parkol Marine Engineering yard at Whitby has launched a new scalloper for owners on the Isle of Islay, the first vessel to be completed at the company’s Middlesbrough yard.
The Parkol Marine Engineering yard at Whitby has launched a new scalloper for owners on the Isle of Islay, the first vessel to be completed at the company’s Middlesbrough yard.
Thai Union and Mars Petcare are utilising digital traceability and e-logbooks as part of the fight against IUU fishing, with a pilot project implemented last year in Thailand in which fishing vessels were fitted with Fleet One terminals.
With 39% more fish in the sea than in 2003, stocks are stabilising at sustainable levels, according to figures presented by the scientific community and DG MARE Director General Aguiar Machado at Friday's Scientific Seminar on Fisheries Science organised by the European Commission.
Representatives of the French and UK fishing sectors have thrashed out a settlement over the scallop fishery, following several rounds of talks that had initially looked promising, before failing to reach agreement. This belated agreement will see UK scallopers leaving Eastern Channel grounds from midnight on 17th September until midnight on 31st October – applies only to those over 15 metres.
A petition to the Scottish government is circulating, spelling out the opposition to an application by Ayr-based Marine Biopolymers to dredge for wild kelp in areas off the west of Scotland. The petition is strongly supported by the Scottish Creel Fishermen's Federation, which is urging people to sign.
The Northern Shipyard (Severnaya Verf) in St Petersburg has begun construction of a new freezer longliner for Akhangelsk company Globus. The new vessel is part of a series of new longliners for Russian owners, designed by Norwegian company Marin Teknikk.
Hampiðjan will be running its annual presentation of its own products as well as those of its partner companies at the North Sea Centre’s flume tank in Hirtshals 28-30th of November this year.
The head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Fisheries Ilya Shestakov and Guinea’s Minister for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Industries Frederic Lois met that the International Fishery Forum and Exhibition in St Petersburg to sign a co-operation agreement on fisheries and aquaculture.
Arie de Visser spent last week trawling for langoustines and after five days at sea, the crew of four docked in Den Oever. Once the catch had been landed, Arie de Visser took the time to answer six questions for EMK’s Michel Verschoor.
Icelandic seafood technology company Skaginn 3X has hired Pétur Jakob Pétursson as its new regional sales manager for Russia and CIS.