ANNONCER
Recognising the importance of the premier Dutch fisheries event, Flynth adviseurs en accountants is once again as main sponsor of the Holland Fisheries Event. The 8th Dutch fisheries and maritime fair will take place 5-6th October 2018 in Urk.
TCD, the technical arm of Urk Fishermen’s Co-operative VCU is building its first trawler, a shrimper for Texel fisherman Erik Kalf, with keel laid in October and the steelwork contracted to neighbouring company De Flux.
Urk fishing company Ekofish Group has placed an order with Maaskant Shipyards in Stellendam for a new twin-rig trawler to be built in line with Ekofish’s focus on sustainable fishing methods.
The eighth Holland Fisheries Event will take place on the 5th and 6th of October next year, and preparation for this exhibition with its growing reputation is already in progress.
Dutch and Belgian fishermen have hit back at a claim by WWF and CBS (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek – Statistics Netherlands) stating that there is 30% less marine life in the North Sea, which found its way to extensive coverage in national media.
The hulls of a pair of shrimp trawlers for Dutch owners have arrived at the Luyt yard in Den Oever, where they were craned from the water and transported the short distance to the yard’s workshops for fitting out.
The Luyt Groep yard at Den Oever in Holland has two new shrimpers under construction for local owners in Wieringen, with delivery scheduled for early 2018. The keel-laying ceremony for the two newbuilds took place last week.
Osprey Group’s new fly-shooter/twin rigged arrived in IJmuiden yesterday after its delivery trip from the Nodosa yard at Marín in Spain.
One of the founders of the EMK movement in Holland that has voiced the industry opinion that the landing obligation is unworkable, Dirk Kraak has been fishing for 36 years, and has been sailing as skipper for 33 of those.
A role has been found for one of the stock beamer hulls that the Maaskant Shipyard has had at its yard for a few years now that the owners of the UK-45 have placed an order for it to be completed. This will be the first new beam trawler from Maaskant for more than ten years.
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