Veteran factory trawler under Portuguese flag
Built more than thirty years ago for Icelandic fishing company Samherji, the former Baldvin Thorsteinsson has now been flagged to Portugal after a chequered career under a variety of flags…
Built more than thirty years ago for Icelandic fishing company Samherji, the former Baldvin Thorsteinsson has now been flagged to Portugal after a chequered career under a variety of flags…
With more than a hundred companies already confirmed over three months to go, the countdown is on for the upcoming Irish Skipper Expo with a broad array of companies covering…
Police in Spain have broken a smuggling ring that operated through the catering trade and Spanish-operated businesses in Central America to trade in precooked elver. Ten individuals are under investigation,…
More than 6000 tonnes of blue whiting are being discharged to Síldarvinnslan’s factory in Neskaupstaður as sister vessels docked at the same time with capacity payloads. Samherji’s Vilhelm Thorsteinsson and Síldarvinnslan’s…
Westman Islands company Ísfélagið is taking the next step towards efficiency and profitability at its whitefish processing facility with an investment in Marel’s RoboBatcher Box to boost packing capacity and…
A combined operation by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) working in partnership with Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Australian Army, and with the support of Northern Territory Parks…
Legislation is going through designed to reduce by-catches of cod in Baltic flatfish fisheries. Fishermen have until April next year to adapt to the new standard and will have access…
The State of Maryland Survey has for two years in a row identified the abundance of juvenile menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay at its highest level since 1990. The Maryland…
French industry body CNPMEM has stated that the outcomes of this year’s December council of ministers were nowhere near as catastrophic has some predictions had suggested – particularly for the…
Icelandic refrigeration and cooling specialist KAPP has acquired the majority of shares in Seattle-based Kami Tech Inc. Kami Tech is an established producer of specialised stainless steel and aluminium equipment…