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A new multi-role fishing vessel has been christened at the Larsnes Mek Verksted yard in western Norway. Sander Andre is in the last week of completion and is expected to be ready to start fishing at the beginning of December once the finishing touches have been added to the new seiner.
Norway’s Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has been testing lights to catch snow crab in the Barents Sea by attaching lights to traps set at 250-300 metre depths.
The certification of ling, tusk and lumpfish fisheries in Norwegian waters completes a process that began in August 2016 when the Acoura Marine started the assessment process. Now 69% of Norwegian wild catches are MSC certified.
Norwegian company Scantrol is seeing an increasing demand for its autotrawl system this year, with orders for more than thirty systems in the first half of 2017 as the company expects to see a record 2017.
Norwegian vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt has levelled some sharp criticism at the ICES decision to recommend a 35% cut the mackerel fishery, reducing it to 560,000 tonnes.
Scanmar has appointed well known ex-fisherman George Youngson to the role of the company’s Global Sales Manager.
Member companies of the Norwegian co-operation cluster Måløy Maritime Group (MMG) are preparing for DanFish in Aalborg where they will be showcasing an innovative gutting machine designed for smaller vessels.
Norwegian fishing vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt has written to the authorities, asking for restrictions to be placed on Icelandic and Greenlandic vessels landing mackerel in Norwegian ports.
The Tersan yard in Turkey has delivered Norway’s latest factory trawler, which has been christened by its godmother Kari Halstensen at a ceremony in Bekkjarvik, after which the new ship left for Ålesund.
A cleanup of lost fishing gear along the Norwegian coast is in progress, and a few days in, thousands of king crabs have been released from lost nets.
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