The Lapland FLAG has financed a fisheries recruitment and training project to rejuvenate the ageing fisheries sector in the area around the Lokka and Porttipahta reservoirs, bringing fourteen young fishers…
The Norwegian deep sea and coastal purse seiners are looking forward to a different kind of mackerel season this year as catches have to be taken in home waters, and…
Norwegian krill producer Aker BioMarine has ordered a new sounder unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from Kongsberg Maritime, aiming to minimise the carbon footprint of their krill fishery in Antarctic waters.…
According to a Scottish government report, disruption to the seafood sector since the beginning of January this year provides the clearest evidence of the additional costs and losses associated with…
Deck equipment manufacturer Bopp continues to expand its network of branches around the French coast, with a policy of taking its services closer to the company’s customers. Bopp is based…
The Danish Fishermen’s PO (DFPO) has weighed in with its own criticisms of ICES advice for North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat fisheries for 2022. Like the Scottish associations, they Danish…
In March this year Pelagia signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 50% in Hordafor AS, subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities, subsequently granted. As of 1st July,…
The Slippurinn yard in Iceland’s northern port of Akureyri gets busy in the spring, as the downtime that traditionally occurs for the pelagic fleet between the end of the capelin…
The Scottish fishing industry’s two largest fishing associations have strongly criticised ICES advice for cuts of 10.3% to North Sea cod and 20% to west cast saithe TACs for 2022.…
An agreement designed to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean has come into force. Parties to the agreement are Canada, the People’s Republic of China, Denmark…
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