Westman Islands fishing company Huginn ehf has been acquired by fishing and processing group Vinnslustöðin hf, along with its quotas for herring, capelin, mackerel and blue whiting, and purser-trawler Huginn…
Russian fishing company Luntos has gone back to Danish supplier Carsoe for a factory deck to be installed on its second new trawler. A first trawler for Luntos under construction…
Iceland’s Institute of Marine Research has updated its advice for the 2020-21 capelin season, raising its recommendation to 127,300 tonnes. This roughly doubles the previous advised maximum catch, based on…
The Oka Shipyard has started cutting steel for the first of a series of catcher-processor vessels for the Russian Crab Company. Having acquired crab quotas under the Russian government’s investment…
With a working lifetime of experience in the seafood industry already behind him, Bjørn Ståle Bjørkavåg has joined Danish food industry equipment supplier Intech, starting at the company’s Ålesund office…
A new organisation established to represent all sectors of Ireland’s fishing, seafood and ancillary service industries has a number of agendas – and high on the list is seeking recognition…
The UK’s only remaining distant waters fishing vessel is left with few fishing opportunities following the turmoil of Britain’s departure from the European Union, and UK Fisheries’ Advisory Board Chairman…
Due to the continuing uncertainty around Covid-19, the organisers of the Irish Skipper Expo 2021 in Limerick and Scottish Skipper Expo 2021 in Aberdeen have taken the decision to postpone…
Last weekend Greenlandic pelagic vessel Polar Amaroq docked in Eskifjörður to discharge roughly 700 tonnes of sea-frozen capelin – the first capelin landing to take place in Iceland for almost…
European fishing industry body Europêche sees the amendments voted on by the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries to revise the Union Fisheries Control System as a step in the right…
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