According to the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO), this week’s Council of Fisheries Ministers in Brussels has delivered a reasonable overall result on certain key stocks but has upheld misguided proposals…
As Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius announced following this year’s December Council of Ministers that a new era of European fisheries is opening, NGOs have been quick off the mark to accuse…
It has been a great year for the trawlers operated by Síldarvinnslan subsidiary Bergur-Huginn, with 10,300 tonnes of fish landed and catch values of ISK2,76 billion. These are the biggest…
The Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg has begun cutting steel for the fourth in the series of supertrawlers being built for the Russian Fishery Company. The trawler’s keel will be…
Brim’s pelagic vessel Venus docked in Vopnafjörður yesterday with 2100 tonnes of blue whiting in its tanks, while Víkingur had around the same amount on board and an hour to…
The expansion of Vónin’s aquaculture division at Norðskála will update the company’s capacity, gearing it up to continue providing the aquaculture industry with a premium service. The new working hall…
Representatives of Shetland’s fishing sector has reacted angrily to the announcement of a 50% cut in catch quotas for North Sea cod next year. The agreement reached on Friday between…
Raudeberg shipyard Stadyard has contracted to build a Marin Teknikk-designed combinatin purse seiner/trawler for Herøy company Skår Senior AS, replacing fishing vessel Jøkul. Marin Teknikk had already signed a design…
With this year’s Council of Fisheries Ministers taking place this week in Brussels to allocate TACs and quotas for 2020, Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) Seán O’Donoghue has voiced his concern…
Hans Erik Timmermann and his son Christian had been talking about a new boat for the last eighteen years, and it has finally become a reality. Their old boat, the…