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Pulse trawling has never been far from controversy, not least with the concerted campaign against the method run by Bloom, the many conflicting claims made about pulse trawling and the determination of Dutch fishermen to continue its development. According to Willem den Heijer, the trilogue meeting in Brussels next month will be a key moment for pulse fishing.
Arie de Visser spent last week trawling for langoustines and after five days at sea, the crew of four docked in Den Oever. Once the catch had been landed, Arie de Visser took the time to answer six questions for EMK’s Michel Verschoor.
TCD, the technical division of the Urk Fishermen’s Co-operative VCU, has delivered the first new fishing vessel built in Urk for many years with the completion of a new shrimp trawler for Texel fisherman Erik Kalf.
A second fire on board the same trawler under construction at a shipyard in Holland has left the new twin-rigger/fly-shooter’s future in the balance as the damage is assessed.
More than a hundred suppliers to the fisheries and maritime sector from the Netherlands and beyond will be gathering in Urk in October for this year’s Holland Fisheries Event, held at at De Koningshof Party & Events in Urk.
Urk fishing company Osprey Trawlers has placed an order for a pair of combination twin-rigger/seine netters with the Nodosa Shipyard at Marín in Spain.
This week the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, along with Dutch Fishermen’s federations de Nederlandse Vissersbond and VisNed organised a trip for interested parties from all over Europe, including representatives of Bloom, joining the TX-36 in IJmuiden. The aim of the trip was to demonstrate that openness and transparency are paramount.
Dutch fisheries group Cornelis Vrolijk has joined the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) as a Funding Partner. Established in 1880, Cornelis Vrolijk is an internationally-operated family business, active in the catch, farm, process and trade of fish and shrimp.
Hundreds of fishermen from Holland and Belgium took their grievances against the discard ban and the loss of fishing grounds due to the expansion of wind farms to Amsterdam this weekend, making plain their dissatisfaction with the way their industry is heading.
The Hoekman Shipbuilding yard in Urk and the Padmos yard in Stellendam have confirmed that two new twin riggers have been ordered for Dutch owners, to be built on the same lines as the experimental MDV-1 that was built in 2016 for Urk owners.