The latest in a series of new generation pelagic fishing vessels has been ordered from the Karstensens Skibsværft yard in Skagen by Norwegian fishing company Gollenes AS. The Fosnavåg-based company…
Iceland’s Marine Research Institute has announced its advice for the 2021-22 quota year, of which the key item is the recommendation that the cod quota should be reduced from the…
The Federal Agency for Fisheries considers it essential that fishing vessel crews are vaccinated against Covid-19. During an official visit to the Murmansk region, Agency head Ilya Shestakov stated that…
This past winter and spring skipper Albert Sveinsson and the crew of Brim’s pelagic vessel Víkingur have been working with a 2304 metre Gloría Helix blue whiting trawl from Hampiðjan.…
Technology group Wärtsilä’s local marine office in Denmark, Wärtsilä Danmark A/S has been awarded certification by Bureau Veritas’ in accordance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The certification provides…
Four trawlers have been added to the orderbook of the Nobel Brothers Shipyard. These 44.15 metre LOA, 12 metre breadth vessels for owners in the Russian the Far East are…
Anyone who has been to Boulogne will be familiar with the unique seafood stalls on the quay, continuing a tradition of small-scale fish sales across the northern part of France…
Fishermen’s organisations across Europe have reacted furiously to the perceived threat of an all-out ban on trawl fishing following resolutions adopted by the European Parliament as part of the Biodiversity…
There has been cautious approval from the International Seafood sustainability Foundations (ISSF) following agreement at the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s annual meeting on steps needed to follow scientific advice. Describing…
Work has started at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg on the fifth in a series of ten new trawlers for the Russian Fishery Company. The first two in the…