Icelandic tech company Vélfag and its majority shareholder have filed a formal complaint with the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) requesting an expedited infringement procedure against the Icelandic State. Earlier this…
The 1.1 square metre Pluto trawl doors used by Hirtshals fisherman Hans Frejlev turned out to be almost too efficient when these replaced a slightly larger pair of conventional steel…
The Menhaden Fisheries Coalition sees a newly funded Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SCEMFIS) project to produce a research roadmap for Atlantic menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay as a long-overdue…
The National Association of Small Boat Owners (Landssamband smábátaeigenda – NASBO) has requested in a formal letter to Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir the opportunity to lease 30,000 tonnes of…
Eleven Indonesian fishermen have pleaded guilty to illegally fishing in Australian waters in three separate cases at Darwin Local Court. In all three instances, vessels were destroyed at sea and…
With more than half of the world’s seafood now farmed, aquaculture play a critical role in feeding a growing global population. Yet as the industry grows, so do its environmental challenges. Fishing and aquaculture gear, built to be…
Fishermen took centre stage as Commissioner Costas Kadis met with the European Social Partners — ETF, Europêche, and Cogeca— to shape the future of Europe’s fisheries, in a discussion focused…
Mørenot has built on a century of experience with Dyrkorn longlines with a new offering – Dyrkorn DX – that has already performed well in trials in Greenland and Iceland.…
Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered a new Cleopatra 40 fast fishing vessel to father and son William and Iain MacDonald in North Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. Iain…
After a number of years with Jens Schneider Rasmussen as chairman, the Danish Pelagic PO has a new chairman as Karsten Mølgaard, skipper of Isafold HG333, which he operates with…
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