New Börkur comes home
New pelagic vessel Börkur NK-122 docked in its home port of Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland for the first time earlier this week, its arrival just ahead of the Seamen’s Day…
New pelagic vessel Börkur NK-122 docked in its home port of Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland for the first time earlier this week, its arrival just ahead of the Seamen’s Day…
Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation chief executive Seán O’Donoghue has welcomed a High Court ruling which has found against the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) for its failure to approve a new…
Spanish tuna operators have added their voices to the growing calls for the deployment of military forces to combat piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The Spanish tuna fleet represented…
Ghana was first issued with a yellow card by the EU in 2013, which was lifted in 2015 as a result of new legislation and a clear fisheries management plan.…
Fresher trawler Kaldbakur EA-1, operated by Útgerðarfélag Akureyringa, landed 190 tonnes of top-quality fish after only five days at sea, and the processed catch was with consumers in France later…
The European Union and the United Kingdom have concluded the negotiations on an agreement in principle setting out catch limits for jointly managed fish stocks for 2021. This was finalised…
Fishing vessel Nicola Faith has been lifted from the seabed in an operation managed by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), which is transporting it to a secure location for…
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has signed off legislation governing mackerel fishing in Icelandic and NEAFC waters for this year. For the 2021 mackerel fishery, Iceland has set…
US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas has stated that the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Withhold Release Order against Dalian Ocean Fishing Co., Ltd.…
Norwegian longliners with a long track record of fishing for tusk and ling around the Shetland Islands have been allocated cod and haddock quotas to make up for the loss…