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Fishing has been good since this year’s North Sea sandeel fishery opened on the first of April, with reports of good catches right from the very first tow of the season.
A generational shift is taking place in Thorsminde, with skipper John Christensen preparing to step back as his son Lehnert and cousin Brian Kjergård prepare to take over, just as a new trawler/flyshooter is prepared for delivery next year.
29 Danish suppliers to the aquaculture industry will be exhibiting at the Danish pavilion when Aqua-Nor in Trondheim opens on 15th August. The Danish suppliers will be showcasing equipment and services for aquaculture industry’s entire value chain.
Now 23, Rasmus Olsen has been fishing for seven years and has just taken delivery of his third boat and his first newbuild, a 15 metre GRP boat capable of alternating gillnetting and seine netting the traditional methods for the fleet operating from Thorup Strand on Denmark’s west coast.
When Ejner Klitlund and his son Rasmus Klitlund decided on a new fishing boat, it was natural that they approach Jobi Yard. With a design by Danish naval architect Vestværftet A/S of Hvide Sande, they had the hull built in Poland.
So far this year, the sandeel season has been one of the best for years, with fishing strong enough to leave industrial trawlers queueing to land at Triple Nine’s Thyborøn factory.
Danish company Carsoe specialises in fish processing systems and has seen its share of the market expand significantly, having tendered successfully for six out of seven contracts for shrimp trawlers since 2015.
It’s a focal point for European fishing – every two years the Danfish Exhibition provides a unique platform for the fishing industry as the city of Aalborg buzzes with visitors from Denmark and around the world.
The latest pelagic trawl doors from Thyborøn Skibssmedie combine the functions of the adjustable Flipper doors with a new design, with some outstanding results both in trials on herring at the end of last year and more recently on horse mackerel and blue whiting.
Thyborøn trawler/seine netter Aaltje Postma has been delivered to its owners following a major refit at the Karstensens yard in Skagen which included adding six metres to its length.