An outcome of an inter-agency workshop held earlier this month in Moroni, organised by the National Fisheries Control and Surveillance Centre (CNCSP) in collaboration with the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)…
Moves towards a long-awaited ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ on seine netting activity in the Eastern Channel have – yet again – come to nothing, and French fishermen are asking for government intervention.…
Protracted negotiations between the European Union and Norway have finally culminated in agreement on reciprocal access and quota exchanges for 2023. The deal has been a long time coming, with…
The populist Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) which has emerged as from Holland’s provincial elections with a heavy win has propelled a number of fishing industry figures into the Flevoland Government, including…
Lithuanian naval architect Western Baltic Engineering (WBE) is planning to showcase a new trawler design at the Scottish Skipper Expo in May. The design emphasises high performance, large cargo capacity…
Intership held a naming ceremony for one of the industry’s most advanced well boats last week, when the 2300 cubic metre capacity Inter Atlantic was named by godmother Nikki Rigg,…
Fisheries groups from around Europe have demanded that governments wake up and recognise the dangers to sustainable food production of the headlong rush to develop huge offshore windfarms. The Northern…
A special session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission last month was characterised by controversy as several nations have lodged objestions over the way the hybrid meeting was conducted –…
Síldarvinnslan’s production of capelin roe has been continuous since 5th March, and this end of the capelin season has been ususual, with none of the expected interruptions. ‘This season has…
It’s more than five years since Mark Anderson of Shetland fishing company 60 North and his partners Andrew White, Ryan Arthur and agent LHD went to Macduff Ship Design with…