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The Jobi yard at Strandby in Denmark has contracted to build a 23.75 metre trawler for father and son Ejner and Rasmus Klitlund, replacing their existing vessel with the newbuild scheduled for completion at the end of 2017.
A turbocharger retrofit by MAN Diesel & Turbo in Frederikshavn took just five weeks from enquiry to execution
A new 800 square metre purse seine hotel was opened a few days ago by Cosmos Trawl in Hirtshals. It has space for eight of the largest purse seines and practically the entire space has been booked for the next ten years.
Danish skipper Jørgen B Olsen has been ashore for a couple of weeks, just as the weather and fishing have been fine, thanks picking up an discarded set of gear in the boat’s propeller.
Danish PO Danmarks Fiskeriforening is appalled that the EU Commission has decided to follow the recommendations for western Baltic cod quota without taking into account fishermen’s arguments, predicting a death knell for the fishery if the proposal is adopted at the Council meeting in October.
Riga Shipyard in Latvia has been building ships since 1913, and since the company was restructured in 1997, it has delivered more than 150 vessels to the European market. Its latest was completed in September, with a trawler for owners in Ireland to be finished at the Vestværft yard at Hvide Sande in Denmark.
The latest newbuilding for the Gitte Henning fleet has been delivered by the Bredgaards Baadeværft in Sakskøbing, with a departure from the company’s usual steel-hulled vessels in favour of glass fibre for the first time.
The sea is full of fish that may not be caught, according to FF Skagen CEO Johannes Palsson, commenting on the reduction in catches of industrial species for protein production.
The Danish North Sea cod fishery has achieved its long-awaited MSC certification. Certification recognises that cod caught by members of the Danish Fishermen Producer Organisation (DFPO) comes from a well-managed fishery and that fishing practices meet stringent MSC requirements.
After a very successful first event in 2015, Marel is now preparing to host the second Whitefish ShowHow, taking place in Copenhagen on November 10, 2016. The unique event caters to whitefish processors from all over the world – in wild and farmed processing.