Larsnes Mek Verksted has contracted to build another hybrid wellboat for Rostein. The new vessel will be a sister ship to Ro Vision, the world’s first hybrid well boat and…
The General Fisheries Council of the Mediterranean (GFCM) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University Mohammed First (UMP) and the Institut National de Recherche Halieutique (INRH) of Morocco…
The Icelandic fleet has been doing well since the blue whiting fishery in Faroese waters got underway. Samherji’s new pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson last week made its very first landing,…
The Slippurinn yard in Akureyri has completed the installation of a new catch handing deck on board Samherji’s 58 metre fresher trawler Björg EA-7, which was built at the Cemre…
Ibercisa Deck Machinery has just supplied the deck equipment for the new trawler under construction at Tersan for Russian fishing company JSC Okeanrybflot. The new trawler, a sister vessel to…
World Trade Organisation Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the fisheries subsidies negotiations chair, Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia, have urged WTO members to prepare to make tough calls, paving the way…
Dissatisfied with the UK’s handling of the terms of the withdrawal agreement from the European Union allowing French fishing access to the UK 6-12 mile zone in return for market…
Determined to end conflicts between the Danish fleet and Dutch beam trawlers fishing in the Skagerrak, the Danish Fishermen’s PO (DFPO) and two Dutch fishermen’s organisations have struck an agreement…
According to a recent survey conducted by Nofima, many people are positive about eating seaweed and kelp, despite the fact that many know little about them. Several companies are in…
An accord on the activities of fly-shooters in some English Channel waters comes into effect today, following an agreement having been reached between representatives of French, Dutch, Belgian and UK…