The European Fisheries Alliance (EUFA) has welcomed the draft guidelines presented by European Council President Donald Tusk. The commitment by the European Union to maintaining current access to waters and resources and to conduct negotiations on fisheries in the context of a wider trade agreement is an important step towards a balanced and mutually beneficial post-Brexit agreement on fisheries.
The Nerpa shipyard, a branch of JSC ZS Zvezdochka, part of Russian shipbuilding conglomerate United Shipbuilding Corporation, is gearing up to expand its activities in the fishing sector.
After tracking the satellite positioning data of 70,000 fishing vessels for the past four years, a group of researchers have concluded that commercial fishing covers over 55% of the ocean's surface. Europêche has hit back at the claim that fishing therefore occupies four times as much space as agriculture in terms of square kilometres.
The furore over claims by environmental organisations of suspicious fishing activity continues as the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has gently set out in response to a National Geographic article, specifically mentioning a vessel operated by Austral Fisheries, that AIS is not the same thing as a VMS.
The Síldarvinnslan fishmeal plant at Seyðisfjörður in eastern Iceland was last night evacuated after a long period of snowfalls combined with rising temperatures and rain created an avalanche risk as snow on the Strandartindur mountain overlooking the factory began to loosen.
Following on from the overwhelming success of Fishing into the Future’s first industry training workshop in 2017, the charity delivered its second training session aimed at inshore fishermen on the 6-8th March, at Dartington Hall in Devon: entitled ‘an Introduction to Sustainable Fishing.’
A pair of 54 metre longliners built at the Tersan yard in Turkey have been delivered and christened at a ceremony in Gibraltar before heading for the Southern Ocean for the start of the April fishing season.
Scientists at University of California, Irvine predict that the world’s fisheries will be, on average, 20% less productive in the year 2300, with those in the North Atlantic down nearly 60% and those in much of the western Pacific experiencing declines of more than 50% as warming-induced plankton growth near Antarctica will impair the marine food chain.
Both of HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels have made their final capelin landings of the season to the company’s factory in Akranes, and once the fish have been processed, the season will be over. The vessels are now heading for blue whiting in international waters west of Ireland.
Stadyard at Raudeberg in western Norway has signed a contract with Austevoll fishing company Nye Radek AS for the construction of their new fishing vessel. This is the yard’s newbuild no. 44 and is due for delivery in June 2020.