EU Parliament axes pulse gear
The end of pulse fishing came yesterday with a vote in the European Parliament in Strasbourg in which MEPs voted through a raft of measures, including the decision to outlaw…
The end of pulse fishing came yesterday with a vote in the European Parliament in Strasbourg in which MEPs voted through a raft of measures, including the decision to outlaw…
South-West fishing company Waterdance has taken delivery of new steel crabber Nichola of Ladram E-1, which arrived in Brixham from the Luyt yard at Den Oever in Holland earlier this…
Danish company DSI Freezing Solutions is now present in Russia with an office in Moscow and service based in the Belgorod region, operating its Russian subsidiary under the OOODSI Freezing…
Organisers Mara Media have postponed this year’s Skipper Expo in Bristol scheduled for November, instead announcing that the event will take place towards the end of 2020. According to Mara…
The flexible new sounder system has been developed by Kongsberg and the K-Mate unmanned surface vehicle has only just been unveiled. Developed with flexible capabilities across a range of marine…
In a report to Iceland’s Parliamentary Employment Committee, fisheries scientist Jón Kristjánsson and biologist Sigurjón Thórðarson made a clear recommendation that removing limitations on coastal fisheries would be a significant…
A New Zealand commercial fishing company formerly owned by the Hawke's Bay D'Esposito family has been banned from fishing for three years and fined $62,000 after failing to report more…
The NFFO has responded to the UK government’s plans for catch reporting for the under-10 metre fleet, stating that plans have not been properly thought through. Defra, the Welsh Government…
Akureyri shipyard Slippurinn has struck a deal to fit two of Samherji’s fresher trawlers with catch handing decks, with one full deck to be fitted this summer and the second…
Now that the Australian Marine Parks have been finalised, the Australian longline fishery is looking to invest significantly and develop opportunities. One company in Australia’s eastern tuna and billfish fishery…