The EU and Cape Verde have signed a new protocol to implement the Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement (SFPA). The protocol covers a period of five years and is providing fishing…
There’s hardly a year goes by when Karstensens doesn’t sign an order for a new vessel at the Aberdeen exhibition, and this year was no exception as the contract was…
Dutch pulse trawlers have been facing very poor catches since the end of last year, and they believe that prevailing northerly winds have caused changes to the seabed which affects…
Norfrigo, the grouping of seafood specialist Le Garrec, the the Boulogne-based family company, with European leader in cold logistics, the STEF group, has decided to set up a new cold…
The Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen 2019 which took place on Friday and Saturday remained busy right up to the last minute of the event’s second day. Sponsored by the Scottish…
The International Training Course in Trawl Technology that takes place every second year has been announced for the end of October, and for the first time this will be held…
Safe, reliable, adaptable – why Ireland’s new vessel gangway system is causing a stir in the marine sector. Although the evolution in all aspects of fishing vessel technology has been…
An acoustic detection system developed by Canadian company Notus to enable shrimp trawler skippers to identify where their catches are being caught has been adapted to provide the same advantages…
As fishing for blue whiting in Faroese waters has slowed down, some pelagic vessels have landed and not gone back, while others are continuing to work on dispersed fish. The…
The first public event of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries has highlighted the recruitment problem facing the UK fishing industry, and the lack of young people entering the…