The EU and Guinea Bissau have this month signed a new five-year protocol to the existing Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement (SFPA). According to the European Commission, this new protocol fully…
ICES has recommended that the 2020 Barents Sea cod quota should be cut by 35,000 tonnes compared to this year’s quota – while taking it as read that haddock and…
Norwegian vessel owners’ organisation Fiskebåt has requested that the authorities increase this year’s snow crab quota by an addition 1000 tonnes. According to Fiskebåt, fishing has been good this year…
Instead of the usual policy of sending out a small number of selected invitations to one of its flume tank sessions, the Vónin sales team decided to invite everyone. The…
Mermaid Marine are bringing something new to the UK market with a range of engines manufactured in China by Yuchai Diesel. ‘Yuchai Marine diesels are a product line from the…
Icelandic trawler Sirrý has switched from a single codend to a high-tech pair of bags with innovative rigging – which has immediately paid dividends in terms of quality and ease…
Fishermen in Shetland are supporting a new initiative to raise funds for the battle against heart disease. The Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) and the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA)…
Jobi Værft in Strandby delivered the new Jeanne FN-462, the latest Danish trawler built to work on langoustine and whitefish on the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat. Jeanne is owned…
The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has found for krill oil specialist Rimfrost AS on all counts in another case against Aker Biomarine – making this the seventh legal…
The latest trawler to emerge from a Dutch shipyard hasn’t had an easy ride, but after setbacks that could have been disastrous, the new twin-rigger/seine netter has been handed over…