Colour-coding pinpoints target species
A new addition to iXblue’s SeaPiX system provides skippers with a new option to assess species composition on the sounder screen. ‘This is available now and we have had a…
A new addition to iXblue’s SeaPiX system provides skippers with a new option to assess species composition on the sounder screen. ‘This is available now and we have had a…
The latest pelagic vessel to join the Scottish fleet has been built for a partnership between Interfish subsidiary Northbay Fishing Company and the Wiseman Fishing Company, headed by Scottish Pelagic…
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has organised training in sustainable aquaculture techniques for young women from Mediterranean and Black Sea countries to encourage them to take leadership…
Applications are open for a fourth round of funding from the UK Seafood Innovation Fund. This comes under UK government’s £100m UK Seafood Fund, designed to continue to champion a…
According to figures from IFFO’s membership, representing 55% of global marine ingredients production, the total raw material usage for July this year was 42% higher than for the same month…
Norwegian recycler Nofir and Icelandic industry body Samtök fyrirtækja í sjávarútvegi (SFS) have struck an agreement for the recycling and further utilisation of fishing and aquaculture gear that has reached…
The first of a series of high-tech factory trawlers built in Russia for the Russian Fishery Company has sailed from the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg. A farewell ceremony for…
Westfjords fishing company HG is taking its fresher trawler Stefnir ÍS-28 out of service, due to two successive years of quota reductions making it impossible to keep it in operation.…
The Nodosa shipyard has signed a contract to build a new 85 metre LOA, 14 metre breadth factory trawler for the PetrelFishing Company, part of the Pescapuerta group. With a…
Fishing for Atlanto-Scandian herring is in full swing and Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður plant has been able to maintain full production. Vilhelm Thorsteinsson landed 1440 tonnes, closely followed by 1270 tonnes landed…