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Specialised designer and shipbuilder Vard Holdings Limited has landed a contract for the design and construction of a new live fish transport vessel for Fjordlaks Aqua in Ålesund.
Norwegian fishing company H Østervold AS is reported to have signed a contract for a new 80.30 metre LOA by 17 metre beam pelagic vessel to be built at the Western Marine Shipyard Ltd in Bangladesh.
Stadyard at Måløy I Norway has signed a contract with Kenfish II AS in Averøy for a new combined gillnetter/autoliner. The new vessel is a 20.99m overall, 10m beam Seacon design, the yard’s newbuild no 40, and is due for delivery in June next year.
Karstensens Skibsværft in Skagen has announced the order of a new pelagic vessel for owners in Norway to be delivered in February 2019, with the Polish-built hull to be delivered to the yard in mid-2018 for fitting out.
A new multi-purpose fishing vessel built at Stadyard in Norway is probably the biggest small boat you’re ever likely to see. The 15m overall by 8m beam TA Senior is built for seine netting, purse seining and gillnetting.
Larsnes Mek Verksted has signed a contract with Hovden Senior AS for a new seine netter/purse seiner to be built to a Rolls-Royce design.
Jemar Norpower has delivered a new 10.99m Sjark to owners Jørgen Torset and Terje Oldervik.
Stadyard has delivered newbuilding no.39 to owner Morten Ingebrigtsen and the new seiner is now on its way to its homeport at Akkarfjorden in Finnmark.
The quality of the cod supplied by the coastal fleet, has improved in recent years, according to research by Nofima carried out by Sjurdur Joensen, Torbjørn Tobiassen and Nofima head of research Bent Dreyer.
The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has advised a 50,000 tonne preliminary sandeel quota for this year. The advice applies to the Norwegian EEZ and will be updated in May.
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