Both of the trawlers operated by Westman Islands company Bergur-Huginn docked yesterday with full fishrooms, as Iceland’s south coast winter season looks to be getting underway. According to Vestmannaey’s skipper…
Catches by Russian the fishing fleet are up by almost 12% compared to the same period in 2019. According to figures from the Federal Fisheries Agency, catches declared by 19th…
The association representing fishmeal and fish oil producers around the North Atlantic has written to the Ministers of Fisheries of all north-east Atlantic nations, urging negotiators to reach agreements on…
The Scottish government has announced that electronic monitoring and tracking of vessels is part of a package of measures being taken to protect Scotland’s inshore fleet. The programme, which will…
New legislation opens the way to build new trawler, according to Faroese fishing company. Klaksvík fishing company JFK has placed an order for a new trawler. According to the company’s…
The North Atlantic Fisheries College Marine Centre has marked the long service of two staff who have worked there for a total of 45 years. Caroline Hepburn has worked at…
A three-year Fishing Vessel of the Future project run by Erhvervshus Nord has submitted its conclusions that for a 24 metre vessel fuel consumption can be reduced by 61% and…
The European Parliament’s Fisheries PECH Committee members have elected their new Chair, following the departure of the former Chair due to the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Oceanographer Pierre Karleskind…
Icelandic fishing gear group Hampiðjan has struck an agreement to acquire an 80% holding in Scottish companies Jackson Trawls and Jackson Offshore Supply. Jackson Trawls was established in Peterhead by…
Built for the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), the Ministry of Defence and the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), research vessel Belgica has been launched at the Freire…