Good fishing – weather permitting
HB Grandi’s factory trawler Höfrungur III docked in Reykjavík early this morning after a four-week trip that included one half-landing. This trip’s catch was a green weight of 860 tonnes,…
HB Grandi’s factory trawler Höfrungur III docked in Reykjavík early this morning after a four-week trip that included one half-landing. This trip’s catch was a green weight of 860 tonnes,…
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency returned as a main sponsor to this year’s Skipper Expo Int with a strong message of support. The annual trade show, held…
Icelandic GRP boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered a new Cleopatra Fisherman 36 to skipper/owner Daniel Lauritzen, who has already started fishing with the new boat from Kjøllefjord in Norway. The 11…
A crab catcher-processor vessel for Russian company Arktikservice has been launched at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. Designed to operate on Kamchatka and Opilio crab, the 61.90 metre overall, 15…
‘It hasn’t been an easy trip, although we can say that when the weather has been decent, so has the fishing.Right now it’s blowing hard, a real storm, and we’re…
Seattle company Arctic Storm Management Group last year signed a contract for the largest fishing vessel to be built in the US, with the 100 metre factory ship designed by…
Norwegian fishing vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt has voiced its concern over some aspects of the decision to license a fishery for copepods (calanus) in Norwegian waters. Minister of Fisheries Harald…
Naust Marine has delivered a package of electric winches and a control system for a new twin-rigger/seine netter under construction at Nodosa for Dutch owners, and is working on a…
Russia's Federal Agency for Fisheries is examining plans for a new fishing terminal in the port of Murrmansk to serve the fishing fleet and for shipping seafood production. The Agency’s…
The Luyt yard at Den Oever in Holland is building a 26.05 metre LOA, 6.75 metre breadth beam trawler for owners in Ireland, working on a hull constructed at Ibis…