Fiskevegn and Mustad Autoline, both internationally recognised names in the longline industry, have agreed to strengthen their co-operation. This follows the purchase of Vetrhus Holding AS (now Mustad Sealine AS) earlier this year by Mustad Autoline, through which Mustad Autoline acquired 50% of the shares in Fiskevegn.
The port of Vladivostok has increased its throughput of seafood products landed by 29% compared to the same period in 2017, taking the position as Russia’s top fish port as 157,700 tonnes of fish have been transshipped across its quays in the first seven months of this year.
Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and Ken McDonald, Member of Parliament for Avalon announced that the Government of Canada is investing over C$12 million over two years in small craft harbour improvements and transfer projects in Avalon.
Fishing company Liegruppen is one of the three candidates up for the Innovation Award due to be presented next week on the first day of the Nor-Fishing Exhibition.
With a few trips now behind it, Vinnslustöðin’s new trawler Breki, delivered earlier this year, has more than met the expectations of both its owners and crew.
Norway’s fisheries minister Per Sandberg has stepped down, to be replaced by Harald Tom Nesvik.
Russian Cod, a joint venture by the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) and the Agama Group, has signed an agreement with the Federal Agency for Fisheries which secures resources alongside the company’s investment in its new processing facility in Murmansk.
Síldarvinnslan’s factory at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland has this summer been processing Greenland halibut and redfish for the Asian market, with the emphasis in Greenland halibut since production began in April.
Thai Union Group participated in the second annual Bali Process Government and Business Forum held in line with the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime, co-chaired by Indonesia and Australia on 6-7 August 2018 in Bali.
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) is throwing its support behind Skipper Expo Int. Bristol 2018 by sponsoring the event in a move that underlines its importance as a fisheries showcase for the fishing industry in England and Wales.