The new Spes Nova UK-205 completed its first sea trials last week at the Maaskant yard in Stellendam, ahead of delivery to Urk fishing company Ekofish later this month. Both…
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sided with two previous rulings by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), finding all claims of two patents from Aker…
There has been a lukewarm response to the €14million fisheries aid package to be distributed in the event of a No-deal’ Brexit from Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation CEO Seán O’Donoghue, who…
The first of seven new fishing vessels being built for Spanish fishing group Nueva Pescanova has sailed from Redondela in Galicia for Lüderitz in Namibia. The company is building new…
A new version of the 88.40 metre Bacalao trawl that incorporates some key innovations has been performing well. Among those who have long experience of the Bacalao trawl are the…
Norwegian seafood exports this year have already totalled 1.80 million tonnes, valued at NoK76.20 million and while this is a 7% drop in volume, the value of exported seafood is…
Efforts to clean up lost fishing gear this year went further north than ever before. For the first time, the clean-up work carried out by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries…
Ask Celeste Diest how she got her start in fishing and she’ll tell you about running errands for her father, Harry Cottle, a ‘coloured’ entrepreneur who through sheer determination established…
Samherji’s fresher trawler Kaldbakur EA-1 sailed in mid-September for its first trip with a new catch handling deck fitted by the Slippurinn Akureyri yard. According to Angantýr Arnar Árnason, one…
Greenland fishing company Ice Trawl Greenland A/S has placed an order for a new shrimp trawler with the Asterillos de Murueta shipyard in Bilbao. According to the chairman of Ice…
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