Based in the west of France, Armement Coopératif Artisanal Vendéen (ACAV) has placed an order for a 21 metre gillnetter/longliner to operate in the Bay of Biscay, and with options…
Norwegian vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt has written to the country’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, demanding that Icelandic vessels should be barred from landing mackerel in Norwegian ports if Iceland…
The MMO has confirmed that VMS is to be rolled out next year for the English <12m fleet, and suppliers have been invited to start submitting products towards a type…
A trawler acquired by Polar Seafood to replace Polar Assik which was lost in a fire on board earlier this year has called in Tórshavn to collect its new shrimp…
Thyborøn Trawldoor has begun the rollout of its Type 32 Bluestream pelagic trawl doors, a major development in efficiency and a big step towards full control of the doors during…
When one of the crew of Icelandic trawler Bergey began to display Covid symptoms, a rapid response ensured that others were not infected. Bergey sailed from the Westman Islands on…
Kodiak fisherman James Aaron Stevens was sentenced earlier this month to a six-month term in a federal prison and a $1 million fine after being found guilty of falsely labelling catches. The…
The European Commission has adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2022 for the Baltic, proposing an increase for Gulf of Riga herring, and unchanged quotas for sprat, plaice and…
The Falkland Islands Government has received a batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines, supplied by the UK government, with fishing crews among the first to be vaccinated. The 960 doses arrived…
Russian government authorities have approved the Nevod fish processing plant on the island of Sakhalin, which has been built under the government’s investment quotas initiative. Nevod has been in operation…