Westman Islands fishing company Vinnslustöðin (VSV) has this year had its best ever herring season, and this has now come to an end. ‘The 30th November night shift at the…
New factory trawler Baldvin Njálsson GK-400 has been delivered by Astilleros Armón to Nesfiskur, based at Garður in the south of Iceland. Nesfiskur went to Icelandic naval architect Skipasýn for…
The Slippurin yard in the north of Iceland has been busy recently, and looks to remain that way into the new year. FISK Seafood’s factory trawler Arnar is at the…
A longstanding member of the NFFO’s Executive Committee and vice-chairman of its South- East Committee, Paul Gilson has been elected as the next chairman of the National Federation of Fishermen’s…
A fishing company in New Zealand has been handed heavy fines by a court in Invercargill for a variety of offences, including finning shark catches. A fine of $18,000 has…
New trawler Linette was handed over by Thyborøn Skibs & Motor (3XJ) to its Thyborøn owners at the end of October, and finished its first trip with respectable results. Linette…
As of 21st November, the Russian Far East industry had landed 291,000 tonnes of ivasi sardine, mackerel and saury, while the salmon catch has exceeded half a million tonnes. Dense…
Fishermen in Brittany, Normandy and the Pas de Calais are today taking action to disrupt cross-Channel traffic in a demonstration of their frustration over what they see as the UK…
In spite the numerous requests from the EU on all countries to take proportional effort and responsibility towards the good management and full recovery of bigeye tuna, according to European…
The first seafood exhibition to take place Barcelona is already larger than any previous event in Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global’s history. The organisers expect it to reignite the global…