Westman Islands fishing company VSV has seen its groundfish fleet doing exceptionally well during the last month. Fresher trawler Breki made landings totalling 1200 tonnes during March, which is a…
A set of plans intended to mitigate the effects of a potential No Deal Brexit have been presented by European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella. These…
The publication last week by ICES of a report that reviews the methods used in the 2018 Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock assessment, concluding that there were flaws in the methodology…
Next year’s Galway Expo is being relocated to Limerick where it will be staged in a new fit-for-purpose exhibition hall. This follows a string of fifteen successful years of the Skipper Expo Int.…
Norwegian trawler Arctic Swan, which had been detained by the Russian authorities last week, has been released and is on its way home. No serious problems were found during the…
Norwegian fishing company Peter Hepsø Rederi’s new pelagic vessel Rav was christened at a ceremony in Skagen at the weekend, making it the latest fishing vessel to join the Norwegian…
In 2016 Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Volt Service AS in Norway for the construction of a utility vessel: VOLT Processor UV-4312. The vessel was delivered in May…
A man has been fined for pretending to be a Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) fishery officer and extorting money from tourists who he told had caught undersized fish. Forty-two-year-old…
A court in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has handed down a series of fines to 14 fishermen found guilty of illegally fishing in Australian waters within the Torres Strait Protected…
In January Chilean fishing company Pesquera Friosur achieved Friend of the Sea certification for three fishing vessels and a processing plant. The company targets southern hake, hoki and southern rays…
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