Fishing company Brim has pledged to support Icelandic literature for the coming four years with funding for the Icelandic Literary Society. Brim managing director Guðmundur Kristjánsson commented that it is…
Swedish fishing company Gifico has placed an order for a new 63.80 metre, 13.50 metre breadth pelagic vessel to be built at the Karstensen yard on Skagen, continuing a 45-year…
Surveyors from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are to carry out unannounced inspections of fishing vessels around the UK. According to an MCA representative, these inspections are being carried out…
As of 1st August, Per Holm Nørgaard will be the head of the Port of Hirtshals, coming from a 22-year career at Blue Water Shipping in a number of management…
An investigation is already in progress by the Brest maritime authorities into actions carried out during a protest by fishermen on the Saint-Brieuc windfarm site. As the fishing vessels involved…
Morten Broberg has been appointed the new CEO of TripleNine Thyborøn A/S, his appointment taking effect on the 1st of June. He has been in the company since August 2019 in…
European fishing industry body Europêche states that the Norwegian government has cynically manipulated the aftermath of Brexit to make a grab for fishing quotas that have long been held by…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur has made the first mackerel landing of the year in Iceland, with 320 tonnes discharged in Neskaupstaður. According to skipper Hjörvar Hjálmarsson, the season has got…
In the past few weeks there has been wide press coverage of Norway's unilateral decision to increase its mackerel quota in excess of the shares that were previously agreed in…
An ice-free chilling system for fresh fish, developed by Icelandic company Skaginn 3X and already is use on board a number of Icelandic trawlers, is now to be fitted to…
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