The fresher trawlers operated by Brim (previously HB Grandi) have had a good summer, according to Viðey’s skipper Jóhannes Ellert Eiríksson, who landed his last trip of the 2018-19 quota…
Swedish fishing company Gifico has taken delivery of pelagic trawler Rockall, which now becomes the new Ceton. Acquired from the Astrid fishing company, Rockall is practically new – built less…
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for 2020 for the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea. Basing its decisions on scientific advice, it…
Russian trawler Orlik has been a not entirely welcome feature of the harbour at Njarðvík in south-west Iceland for a number of years. Now work is in progress to deal…
With a shortfall in transport capacity to bring seafood production from the Russian Far East to European Russia, fishing companies Dobroflot and Norebo have pioneered shipping goods westwards using the…
Over the last week the clean-up programme run by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries with leased clean-up vessel Liafjord has lifted 1200 snow crab traps and around 50,000 metres of…
The Russian Cod factory in Murmansk, a joint project between the Russian Fishery Company (RFC) and the Agama Group, has been commissioned. This is the first of two ventures, with…
Speaking to Dutch MEPs at a meeting of SEVO (The Strategic European Fisheries Consultation), attended by Peter van Dalen, Jan Huitema and Annie Schreier Pierik, EMK vice-president Dirk Kraak said…
EUfishmeal, the association representing the European producers of fishmeal and fish oil, is currently hosting its biennial conference in the Faroes. The conference has brought more than 120 participants ranging…
Steaming home with 370 tonnes on board, skipper Hjalmer Kristensen on the Susanita L-228 says that the sea is alive with fish and the quota has been set far too…