A man has been fined for pretending to be a Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) fishery officer and extorting money from tourists who he told had caught undersized fish. Forty-two-year-old…
A court in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has handed down a series of fines to 14 fishermen found guilty of illegally fishing in Australian waters within the Torres Strait Protected…
In January Chilean fishing company Pesquera Friosur achieved Friend of the Sea certification for three fishing vessels and a processing plant. The company targets southern hake, hoki and southern rays…
A new combination netter/seine netter for Hanstholm will come with a custom-built seine net winch from Kynde & Toft when it arrives at the end of 2020. The contract for…
Ecuador’s recognition as a non-contracting party to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is the result of two years of discussion and consideration by the Commission,…
Icelandic companies Skaginn 3X and Frost have struck an agreement to supply a processing and refrigeration package to a supertrawler being built by the Yantar Shipyard to the VI Lenin…
Two of Royal Greenland’s trawlers are about to leave the company’s fleet as they are due to be replaced shortly with new fishing capacity. The 27-year-old Sisimiut and 17-year-old Qaqqatsiaq…
Parkol Marine Engineering’s Middlesbrough yard has delivered a new crabber for owners in Orkney. Built for Celtic Dawn Fishing Ltd, Carvela K-751 will be fishing from Kirkwall. The 19 metre…
Naval architect Coprexma, based in Brittany, is looking at a record year with more than thirty vessels either already under construction or planned for 2019. The company is currently working…
The director of Iceland’s vessel owners’ federation SFS has remarked on the mood in Norwegian politics as it has turned against the notion of placing particular taxes on the fishing…