Pollack prosecutions
The owners and skippers of two under-10 metre fishing vessels have been fined in two prosecutions for exceeding monthly pollack quota. Cases brought to court by the Marine Management Organisation…
The owners and skippers of two under-10 metre fishing vessels have been fined in two prosecutions for exceeding monthly pollack quota. Cases brought to court by the Marine Management Organisation…
An event held in Cape Town has celebrated the registration and certification of freezer trawler Santa Princesa as a significant investment in South Africa’s deep-sea trawl fishery. Acquired by Iberconsa…
With a highly successful Scottish Skipper Expo 2026 over, its partner event the Irish Skipper Expo is now set to make a return in 2027 to its original home in…
Icelandic Seamen’s Union, Sjómannasamband Íslands, has passed a motion demanding and challenging the government to conduct a serious investigation into the pricing of pelagic landings in Iceland. ‘There’s an ocean…
Redox AS has entered into an agreement to acquire Filtra AS, which delivers water and air purification solutions to the aquaculture and maritime industries as well as onshore industrial applications. …
Norwegian fishing vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt states that the government has failed to take into account input from the fishing industry in the hearing on new oil and gas fields,…
As commercial fishermen have long observed firsthand, marine seismic surveys can have substantial and prolonged impacts on commercial fishing. A new study of the impacts of an extensive seismic survey…
A new entrant to the wellboat business has contracted for the construction in China of four 5000-cubic-metre live fish carriers (LFCs) to be delivered in 2029. The new company holds…
The adoption of a management framework for Indian Oceam yellowfin tuna at the IOTC plenary meeting has been welcomed by Orthongel, representing French tropical tuna operators. Eleven vessels from the…
A survey to examine the state of langoustine (nephrops) stocks in waters south of Iceland has been in progress this month, with encouraging results. The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute…