Starring role at IceFish awards
Hampiðjan played a central role at the industry awards, a key part of the IceFish exhibition which took place last week in Kópavogur. The company took the award for the…
Hampiðjan played a central role at the industry awards, a key part of the IceFish exhibition which took place last week in Kópavogur. The company took the award for the…
Opening career pathways and providing equal opportunities for women is the focus of a world-first initiative that has seen an all-female deck crew set off on their first fishing trip…
A majority of fishermen polled in France and the UK last year in a survey conducted as part of the INdIGO project would consider switching to biodegradable nets in the…
The Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has announced that a mandatory goal-based requirement for the marking of fishing gear will be developed. This is…
Icelandic fishing and processing company Síldarvinnslan has reached an agreement with Bremesco Holding Limited and a group of shareholders to acquire a 34,2% holding in Arctic Fish Holding. The purchase…
Brian Leslie of Killybegs company SeaQuest Systems was at the IceFish exhibition this week to meet the company’s Icelandic agent Aflhlutir, and the owners of two new pelagic vessels that…
Hafnarfjörður boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered a new Cleopatra 31 to skipper/owner Alexander John Polson, and the new Research GK-162 has already started fishing from Grindavík in the south of Iceland.…
Speaking at a stakeholder event organised by the European Commission, Europêche president Javier Garat told delegates that fishing must regain its place as an essential and respected activity. ‘Our fishermen…
This year’s scallop season ended on 15th May and figure for the seven-and-a-half-month fishery indicate that 30,000 tonnes of scallops were landed, with an average price of €2.90 per kilo,…
The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) will support three new innovation projects that aim to deliver economic impact and reduce the environmental footprint of aquaculture, following its latest call for…