Administration
United front on Baltic fishing
Four Swedish municipalities and two county councils with Baltic coastlines are set to cooperate on local fisheries development.
FiskerForum
27/04/2016
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Country Specific News
Land: Sweden
Fish Species
Sweden extends quota system for Baltic pelagics
The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SaWM) closed fishing for herring and sprat in the northern Baltic last month, but has opened the fishery for Gulf of Bothnia by allocating individual quotas for vessels of 15 metres and over, announced Marie Ingerup of the Department for Fisheries Management.
FiskerForum
25/04/2016
News
Persuading barnacles to stay away
A Swedish company has won one of the prestigious European Marine Engineering Awards 2016 for its innovative marine coating that encourages barnacles not to settle, with some far-reaching implications for fuel efficiency.
FiskerForum
20/04/2016
Fishing
Swe-Dan Seafood becomes Sweden Pelagic
Swe-Dan Seafood, with reception facilities for pelagic landings and shore-based processing, is now Sweden Pelagic.
FiskerForum
16/04/2016
Newbuild
New Rockall next year
Swedish-Danish fishing company Astrid Fishing is set for its second big investment in only a few years with a new 70 metre pelagic vessel set to join its fleet in December next year.
FiskerForum
20/02/2016
News
Swedish freshwater fishery gains international recognition
The Swedish small-scale pike-perch fishery has been successfully re-assessed against the MSC environmental standard, and can once again be sold to key European fresh fish markets with the blue ecolabel.
FiskerForum
14/11/2013
News
New Regulations for Trawling in Skagerrak
The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management decided last week to introduce new rules for trawling in the Skagerrak.
FiskerForum
24/01/2013
News
Wärtsilä’s leadership in gas engine technology enhanced – more than 2000 engines sold and 7 million running hours accumulated
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has now sold more than 2000 of its gas fuelled engines, which together have accumulated more than 7 million operational running hours in both land-based and marine applications. These milestone achievements emphasise the leading global position that Wärtsilä has achieved in gas and dual-fuel (DF) engine technology.
FiskerForum
12/11/2012
Good reasons to criticise December quota decision
At the December Council, EU fisheries Ministers set quotas for 75 stocks in EU waters, covering the North Sea, Kattegat, Skagerrak and Black Sea. Seafish has produced a table that includes the agreed TACs for 2011 and 2012, along with the ICES advice for each stock (see below).
FiskerForum
15/01/2012
Swedish North East Atlantic mackerel fishery obtains MSC certification
The Swedish Pelagic Producers Organisation (SPPO) North East Atlantic mackerel fishery was today certified as sustainable against the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) environmental standard for sustainable and well managed fisheries. Around 4 000 metric tonnes of North East Atlantic mackerel will now be eligible to display the blue MSC ecolabel in the market place.
FiskerForum
21/09/2011
