Seventy tonnes of fishing gear from Shetland’s pelagic fleet have been donated to the Oor Bairns Charitable Trust, which takes them apart for recycling and uses the proceeds to help…
The Forillon Shipyard has signed a contract with the community of Listuguj for the construction of a multi-species fishing vessel which will primarily fish for crab and groundfish. Following a…
Initial Seafish economic performance estimates for 2020 show a total operating profit of the UK fishing fleet having dropped by almost a fifth in 2020. Operating profit fell by 19%…
As factory trawler Georgiy Meshcheryakov, built for Russian Far East fishing company Okeabrybflot, has completed its sea trials, its sister vessel Vladimir Biryukov has been launched. These 108 LOA by…
Improvements to power supplies at Mallaig Harbour are expected to help to reduce its carbon footprint and bring benefits to the fishing fleet. Mallaig Harbour Authority received £207,410 for the…
ICES has recommended 20% reduction in Barents Sea cod catches next year and a 23% reduction in the volume of haddock caught, as well as a marginal reduction in the…
Fishermen from all around Ireland will converge on Dublin for a quayside event on 23rd June, followed by a protest and rally. A key grievance is that the absence of…
The latest in a series of new generation pelagic fishing vessels has been ordered from the Karstensens Skibsværft yard in Skagen by Norwegian fishing company Gollenes AS. The Fosnavåg-based company…
Iceland’s Marine Research Institute has announced its advice for the 2021-22 quota year, of which the key item is the recommendation that the cod quota should be reduced from the…
The Federal Agency for Fisheries considers it essential that fishing vessel crews are vaccinated against Covid-19. During an official visit to the Murmansk region, Agency head Ilya Shestakov stated that…
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