Norwegian wellboat operator North Salmon Service has chosen HAV Design as cooperation partner to develop an ammonia-fuelled wellboat. Financial support from Enova to conduct a six-month preliminary project to develop…
The mackerel season for the Scottish fleet started at the beginning of October and ran through to mid-November, with fishing taking place in the North Sea and east of Shetland. The…
A trial to research the economic opportunities and environmental impacts of electrofishing for razor clams has been extended for a further twelve months. The extension aims to strengthen the evidence-base…
The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, Ireland’s largest FPO, has announced that Bord Iascaigh Mhara Director of Economic and Strategic Services, Dominic Rihan has been appointed as taking over as its new…
The 2024 Scottish Skipper expo in Aberdeen is set to be the biggest yet, and the organisers report that the event is bringing in more vessels to be displayed then…
The World Trade Organisation has been receiving donations from a number of directions for its Fisheries Funding Mechanism to assist developing members and least-developed members in implementing the Agreement on…
Spanish fishing industry body Cepesca has welcomed the continued remit of Luis Planas at the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) in the new Government of…
It has taken a while for the European Parliament to get round to an objective examination of demersal trawling as a landmark conference hosted by MEP and rapporteur Niclas Herbst…
Inspection teams have been honing their skills in high seas boarding and inspection at the Maritime Division Office in Avatiu, expanding the Cook Islands’ maritime surveillance capabilities when patrolling on…
With negotiations currently underway in Oslo, there is serious concern with the Irish fishing industry that Norway could be handed a 150,000 tonne blue whiting quota with access to EU…