The drive to make Scotland’s fishing industry safer has had a welcome boost thanks to funding announced by the Scottish Government. The funds will be used by Seafish to continue…
From January next year PO Urk will be the only remaining member of Dutch industry federation Visned as four other producer organisations terminate their memberships. VisNed has operated as an…
The Cemre Shipyard in Turkey has delivered the Salt-designed pelagic vessel Hardhaus to its Norwegian owners, and after extensive sea trials and an extended delay in completion, due primarily to…
In adopting the 2021-2027 fisheries and aquaculture fund, the European Parliament aims to support the blue economy, protect biodiversity and promote international ocean governance. The new European Maritime, Fisheries and…
Built for the McHugh family in Killybegs, Ella G-233 replaces Star of Hope and is part of the Atlantic Dawn Group’s ambitious programme of fleet renewal. Ella has been delivered…
The Port of Lorient Keroman has established a programme of collecting end-of-life fishing gear, in co-operation with the Departmental Fisheries Committee and the Coopérative Maritime. In the longer term, this…
The Lapland FLAG has financed a fisheries recruitment and training project to rejuvenate the ageing fisheries sector in the area around the Lokka and Porttipahta reservoirs, bringing fourteen young fishers…
The Norwegian deep sea and coastal purse seiners are looking forward to a different kind of mackerel season this year as catches have to be taken in home waters, and…
Norwegian krill producer Aker BioMarine has ordered a new sounder unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from Kongsberg Maritime, aiming to minimise the carbon footprint of their krill fishery in Antarctic waters.…
The Danish Fishermen’s PO (DFPO) has weighed in with its own criticisms of ICES advice for North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat fisheries for 2022. Like the Scottish associations, they Danish…