Nick Eggar, Manager of Plymouth Fisheries (front) holding plans for the new fuel tanks and dispensers, on the site allocated for the facilities at the fisheries complex in Sutton Harbour, with fisheries assistants Lewis Mcarther (left) and Tony Shepherd

Plymouth Fisheries upgrades fuel facilities

• Post published:07/06/2019
• Post category:Ports

A £750,000 investment is going into upgrading fuel facilities at Plymouth’s Sutton Harbour, England’s second largest fish market complex, with new fuel tanks and dispensers being installed at Plymouth Fisheries…

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The UN report quotes figures claiming that 55% of the oceans are subject to 'industrial fishing', while more detailed investigation has shown the figure to be closer to 4%

UN group’s report ignores successes in fisheries management

• Post published:06/06/2019
• Post category:Environment/Fisheries Management

European fishing industry body Europêche has warned against what it calls Doomsday predictions following the publication of a new report by the UN expert group on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services…

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Coprexma is designing two dedicated trawlers for fishing small pelagics from Saint-Gille Croix de Vie

New sardine venture for Saint-Gilles Croix de Vie

• Post published:06/06/2019
• Post category:Newbuild

The French Atlantic coast port of Saint-Gilles has been a centre of the sardine trade for as long as anyone knows. During the first half of the twentieth century –…

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Kapitan Kolesnikov’s new ATW is the sixth Naust Marine system the trawler’s operators have fitted. Image: Naust Marine

Naust Marine fits sixth ATW for Russian customer

• Post published:06/06/2019
• Post category:Fishing Gear

Icelandic company Naust Marine has delivered a sixth ATW winch management system to a customer in the Russian Far East. The ATW system has been delivered to 114 metre factory…

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AFMA was involved in piecing together the case brought by the Spanish authorities against Tchaw

Australia continues to fight against IUU fishing

• Post published:05/06/2019
• Post category:Fisheries Management

Marking the United Nations International Day for the Fight against IUU Fishing, 5th June, Wez Norris CEO of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority said that working with the international community…

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Doggerbank Seefischerei’s Gerda Maria is one of its two trawlers fishing for Greenland halibut

All EU-caught Greenland halibut now MSC certified

• Post published:05/06/2019
• Post category:Certification/Fisheries Management

German deep-sea fishing company Doggerbank Seefischerei has been awarded MSC certification for its West Greenland halibut fishery. Following a 13-month assessment, Doggerbank Seefischerei GmbH’s halibut fishery off the west coast…

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New seabird protection rules come into force on 1st July for in Australia’s Commonwealth Trawl Sector. Image: AFMA

Australia tightens seabird safety regulation

• Post published:05/06/2019
• Post category:Fisheries Management

A new set of rules to further protect seabirds will apply to trawlers in Australia’s Commonwealth Trawl Sector (CTS) from 1st July 2019. Wez Norris, CEO of the Australian Fisheries…

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ICES has advised a 44% increase in the 2020 North Sea herring TAC

ICES proposes 2020 North Sea herring increase

• Post published:04/06/2019
• Post category:Fisheries Management/Research

The proposal by ICES to recommend a 44% increase in the 2020 North Sea herring quota has been welcomed by Norwegian fishermen’s organisation Fiskebåt. ‘It’s surprising, but positive,’ said Fiskebåt…

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Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean will enter into force when all ten Parties have ratified the agreement. So far, the EU, Russia and Canada have ratified the agreement

Pushing forward implementation of Arctic fishing agreement

• Post published:04/06/2019
• Post category:Fisheries Management

Concerned nations met last month in Ottawa to begin preparatory work on the outstanding issues to pave the way for a smooth entry into force of the Agreement to Prevent…

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Engey RE-1 has been sold to Murmansk Trawl Fleet

HB Grandi sells innovative trawler

• Post published:03/06/2019
• Post category:Ship sale

Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi took delivery of three new groundfish trawlers, with the first of the series, Engey RE-1, delivered in 2017. The company has been going through numerous…

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