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…
Satellite telecommmunications specialist Satlink has contributed, with recycling company Bureo Inc, to the collection of a hundred tonnes of fishing nets along the coast of Chile, through the Net100-Net +…
The Spanish National Court has handed down five smugglers to a total of six years in prison and fines totalling €150 million for trafficking in European eels. The group have…
The Marine Management Organisation has announced it is delaying the introduction of the Inshore Vessel Monitoring Systems (I-VMS) for fishing vessels under 12 metres operating in English waters. This means…
A pair of trawlers owned by Icelandic fishing company Skinney-Thinganes have returned from extensive refits carried out in Poland. Originally designed by Icelandic naval architect Skipasýn and delivered by Ching…
Two years on from the MedFish4Ever Declaration, initiated by the European Commission and adopted in March 2017, the FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) brought together Mediterranean states…
Icelandic fish processor Vísir has signed an agreement with Marel to significantly enhance the automation in the company’s Grindavík plant with a higher level of robotisation. Vísir has just installed…
Sustainability-driven new research could one day help tuna fisheries cast their nets more selectively, mitigating bycatch of undersized fish and off-limits species. A multinational research team has carried out a…