Faroese fishing company Thor Fisheries is reported to be well advanced with plans for a new trawler to be built to a Skipsteknisk design. The DKK300 million new vessel is…
Securing the future of Western Australia’s commercial fisheries is a top priority for Alex Ogg, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council. Announcing the…
The third in the series of Nautic-designed trawlers for Norebo subsidiary Karelian seafood is now under construction at the Severnaya (Northern) shipyard in St Petersburg, with delivery due in 2021.…
With governments and emerging industries increasingly looking to the seas as sources of minerals and energy, the result is that the competition for maritime space is becoming increasingly tough. One…
‘This is a alarm call for the North Sea. The windmills destroy everything. The piles themselves present a hazard to marine life – and so do the electromagnetic fields around…
Engineering company Satlink, which specialises in technological systems and developments based on satellite communications, has acquired the company Electrónica Rías Bajas (ERB), a longstanding provider of services around maritime electronics…
Russian fishing vessel Syakhailin-8, which was detained by a North Korean border patrol earlier this month after allegedly straying in the country’s EEZ has been released, according to the Russian…
Fraserburgh fisherman Gary Noble has taken delivery of a new Cleopatra 33 potting boat from Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar. Golden Dawn FR-8 has already started fishing and is working on prawns.…
The EU and Senegal have signed a new implementing protocol to the existing sustainable fisheries partnership agreement, extending a long-standing fisheries partnership that goes back to 1980. The new five-year…
The award of the Pêche Durable sustainability label to the bluefin fishery pursued by a group of fishermen from Sète is a first and is the culmination of a long…