Fish Species
Relaxing regulations to boost Barents Sea shrimping
The Norwegian government is clearing the way for dispensations for fishroom capacity restrictions for shrimpers.
FiskerForum
03/09/2017
ANNONCER
Country Specific News
Land: Norway
Fishing
Bacalao 740 hits the spot
Norwegian trawler Atlantic Viking, which sails from Ålesund, has seen some notable successes with its Bacalao trawls from Vónin, and has gone from using more or less standard 630 trawls to having a pair of 740 trawls on board as well.
FiskerForum
02/09/2017
Newbuild
Hybrid netter from Norwegian yard
The Moen Marin yard is to build a new fishing vessel for Lofoten fishing company Hans Angelsen og Sønner. The 21m Marin Design BN200 is expected to be the largest fishing vessel to date to rely on battery power, backed up by a pair of diesel gensets.
FiskerForum
31/08/2017
Fishing
Westcon to build new Gunnar Langva
A new Gunnar Langva will join the Norwegian fleet in 2019. This is a replacement for the 2003-built vessel of the same name and the owners have gone back to the same yard and designer for their new purse seiner/pelagic trawler.
FiskerForum
30/08/2017
Administration
Presenting fishing to the next generation
This Friday will see a major recruitment effort taking place in Norway as a thousand youngsters will see a presentation on the possibilities offered by the fishing industry.
FiskerForum
24/08/2017
Aquaculture
Wärtsilä design features first hybrid propulsion for fish farming industry
Technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver the ship design for a new processing and transport vessel to be built at the Balenciaga shipyard in Spain on behalf of Hav Line AS of Norway.
FiskerForum
17/08/2017
Fishing
Rimfrost accuses Aker of misinforming the market
There is little love lost between Norwegian krill catching companies Rimfrost and Aker BioMarine, which recently acquired Rimfrost’s fishing vessel at an auction.
FiskerForum
26/07/2017
Fish Species
Seiner/trawler for northern Norway
A new seine netter/trawler built in Poland for Norwegian owners is the latest development for a family-run fishing company in the north of Norway.
FiskerForum
23/07/2017
Fishing
Rapp Marine order for new Odd Lundberg
The third generation of Norwegian fishing company Odd Lundberg AS have selected deck machinery from Rapp Marine for their new vessel.
FiskerForum
20/07/2017
Aquaculture
Salt live carriers for DESS
Norwegian operator DESS Aquaculture Shipping AS has ordered new live fish carriers based on a design developed by Salt Ship Design. The vessels will be built by Sefine shipyard in Turkey, with the first two vessels to be delivered in 2019 and the contract includes options for two more vessels.
FiskerForum
13/07/2017
