This week saw Rolf Lorentzen taking over as the general manager of Lorentzen Hydraulikk AS from his father John Sverre. The company based at Kabelvåg in Norway’s Lofoten Islands has…
Waterdance beam trawler Margaret of Ladram, skippered by Adam Cowan-Dickie, is trialling a Sumwing beam trawl to gather data on how this gear affects vessel fuel efficiency and catches compared to traditional gears. …
Westman Islands fishing company Ísfélag Vestmannaeyja has confirmed that it has agreed to acquire Swedish pelagic vessel Ginneton. Ginneton was built at Karstensens Skibsværft in 2006 as Cattleya, and was…
A project to help remove harmful marine litter and raise awareness of its environmental impact is set to be expanded, thanks to close to £180,000 from the Marine Fund Scotland.…
The Joint Euro-Moroccan Commission of Fishing Professionals met last week to jointly address the options and challenges posed by the ruling of the General Court of the EU annulling the…
Brim’s trawlers have been working through a long spell of heavy weather off the west coast of Iceland that has left them dodging the worst of it, or heading south…
Financing has been secured and a contract has been signed for the construction of a clean-design, purpose-built, 80-metre stern trawler, to be delivered in February 2024 to Baffin Fisheries. The…
A meeting in London between delegations from the European Union, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom has resulted in agreement on TACs for…
The Federation’s former chairman, Mike Cohen, has been appointed its new deputy chief executive, taking over from Dale Rodmell at the beginning of January. ‘Dale Rodmell has built a solid…
One UK fishing vessel has been detained by the French authorities and escorted to Le Havre, and a second has been fined, according to France’s Minister of the Sea, Annick…