Established in Norway in 2017, Resqunit has now set up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, with Deadliest Catch skipper Sig Hansen as the face of its innovative fishing gear retrieval devices.…
Norwegian company Stranda Prolog has secured a breakthrough contract to supply a fish handling system for Chilean company Australis Mar, one of the largest salmon produces in South America. Worth…
While public consciousness of the extent of waste plastic in the oceans continues to grow, it’s something the fishing industry has been aware of for a long time. UNEP estimates…
The House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee’s report The EU fisheries landing obligation: six months on has concluded that the UK government does not know the extent of compliance…
The first of the new generation of fishing vessels for the Russian fleet, one of three identical multi-purpose vessels for RK Lenina in the Far East, is now undertaking sea…
An offer from HB Grandi for the Asian sales arm run by Útgerðarfélag Reykjavíkur (formerly Brim) in Japan, Hong Kong and mainland China, plus the related service operation in Iceland,…
NUI Galway PhD student Ryan McGeady is a Cullen Fellow at the Marine Institute, working on oceanographic modelling of nephrops populations around Ireland. ‘Over the course of my PhD, I…
Greenlandic freezer trawler Svend C has been in dry dock at the Slippurinn yard in Akureyri, and sailed last week after work had been carried out on board. HB Grandi’s…
San Diego-based South Pacific Tuna Corporation (SPTC) has announced that is selling more than half of its 14 US-flagged purse seiners, reducing its fleet to six by the end of…
Newlyn-based fishing company W Stevenson & Sons appears to be ready to change hands, with its ownership set to stay in Cornwall. Roche-based Ocean Fish, a family-owned business and one…