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Polish small-scale fishermen protesting against industrial pelagic fisheries in the Baltic. Image: Marcin Ruciński - @ Fiskerforum
Administration

Poland’s small-scale fishermen take to the streets

Fishermen from Darłowo, Łeba, Ustka and the Puck Bay region on the Polish coast travelled to Warsaw last week to register their concern over the situation facing them in Baltic waters, making a fundamental demand for the protection of fish stocks and coastal ecosystems.

FiskerForum 04/03/2019
Zephyr on its way from Marine Projects in Gdansk to Larsnek Mek Verksted in Norway for delivery this summer. Image: Marine Projects Ltd - @ Fiskerforum
Fishing

Zephyr heads for Norway

A partly outfitted, Skipsteknisk-designed pelagic trawler for Shetland owners has set off from Gdansk for the Larsnes Mek Verksted yard in western Norway which will fit out and complete the 75 metre vessel.

FiskerForum 11/02/2019
Scombrus has been launched at Nauta for completion by Havyard Ship Technology. Image: Nauta - @ Fiskerforum
Manufacturers

Heavyweights launched at Gdansk yard

The Nauta Shipyard at Gdansk in Poland has sent a couple of large new fishing vessels down the ways and into the water, with partly-outfitted hulls launched for completion at yards in Norway and Denmark.

FiskerForum 02/11/2018
The first hull to be built at Karstensen Shipyard Poland will be for pelagic vessel Lunar Bow - @ Fiskerforum
Manufacturers

Karstensens sets up hull production in Poland

Skagen shipyard Karstensens Skibsværft has established its own construction base for producing hulls in Poland, and in addition to setting up its own company, it has acquired production facilities from Vistal Offshore in Gdynia, a modern facility built in 2013.

FiskerForum 11/06/2018
Tor-Ön and Torland are to be built at Nauta and completed in Skagen - @ Fiskerforum
Fishing

Two more for Nauta orderbook

The Nauta Shiprepair Yard in Poland has signed two contracts for building partly outfitted fishing trawlers. Both vessels have been ordered by Danish client, Karstensens Skibsvaerft, and Nauta now has twelve vessels at various states of construction that are being built for Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and UK fishing companies.

FiskerForum 22/02/2018
Retrieving lost fishing gear - @ Fiskerforum
Economy

Taking the lead on ghost gear

There is currently a high awareness of lost fishing gears and their impact on the marine environment, and there are increasingly initiatives to tackle the problem. In Poland coastal fishermen have mobilised to retrieve lost gear for their fishing grounds.

FiskerForum 08/02/2018