Havyard has signed a contract worth more than NoK1 billion with Norsk Fisketransport (NFT) for a further two wellboats plus an option for one additional vessel. These will be newbuilds…
At this year’s Seafood Processing Global in Brussels, Icelandic high-tech company Valka will debut a new version of their water-jet cutter, specifically designed to cut and remove pin bones from…
A new by-catch reduction device, the ‘Tom’s Fisheye’, has been added to three other effective devices that have been tested by the Commonwealth Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF) fleet, for use…
Continued opportunities for EU citizens to live and work in Scotland are essential to rural and coastal Scotland’s continued success and sustainability, Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has said, highlighting…
Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director-General (DG) Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen has visited Rarotonga to discuss current and future co-operation between the Cook Islands and the Honiara based FFA Secretariat. Dr Tupou-Roosen…
European fishing industry body Europêche is pushing for the EU Council not not put its weight behind the inclusion of shortfin mako shark in the CITES Appendix II listing, ahead…
The Icelandic Parliament has passed a bill concerning the days at sea available to small-scale fishing vessels operating under the coastal fishery regime, designed to increase safety at sea and…
The first of a series of innovative new trawlers being built in Norway for Icelandic companies has been launched at Vard’s Aukra yard. According to Bergur-Huginn fleet manager Guðmundur Alfreðsson,…
French shipbuilding and repair group Piriou has established itself in Côte d’Ivoire by acquiring a majority stake in Abidjan ship repair facility Marine Industrie Service (MIS), rebranding the company Piriou…
Peterhead leads the way in raising standards as it becomes the first port to receive the new Seafish seafood certification under the Responsible Fishing Ports Scheme (RPFS). Following the successful…
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