After long hours of discussion in Luxembourg, EU Fisheries Ministers reached an agreement on fishing opportunities for 2018 for the ten stocks in the Baltic Sea. The total allowable catches (TACs) were unanimously agreed in the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) which aims to have all stocks fished at sustainable levels by 2020.
Frictionless trade and access to EU markets is essential to the survival of the Welsh fishing industry, while non-tariff barriers could deliver a killer blow according to the National Assembly’s Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee.
Parkol Marine Engineering responded to the upswing in orders for its fishing vessels by establishing a new facility to handle the additional activity, and the Middlesbrough yard has now delivered its first newbuild.
A very familiar figure to the Dutch and UK fishing industries in particular, Frits van Dongen has retired after a forty-year career at the Maaskant Shipyard in Stellendam, and at a 70th birthday party for the yard held at the yard last weekend, friends, staff and many customers gathered to wish him well, and to welcome new director Eric Moerkerk.
The Government of Canada and the Province of Prince Edward Island announced a total contribution of $732,645 to eight shellfish growers and processing companies for new equipment and technologies to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness to support their expanding operations.
The news that NOPSEMA, the Australian Government’s oil and gas industry regulator, has not approved CGG’s application to conduct a marine seismic survey in eastern Bass Strait has welcomed by the South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA).
Hampiðjan subsidiary Fjarðarnet’s new net loft is taking shape rapidly at Neskaupstaður in the east of Iceland.
ICES has advised a zero Barents Sea capelin TAC next year, although according to the Norwegian Marine Research Institute, there is no likelihood of a collapse of the stock.
The tenth Holland Fisheries Event took place last week in Urk, opened by MEP Annie Schreijer-Pierik. During the two-day trade fair for the fishing industry and maritime sectors, more than 100 exhibitors from the Netherlands and abroad displayed their latest innovations to 3500 visitors.
Karstensens Skibsværft in Denmark has delivered its newbuild #439, a 51.90 metre LOA by 11.20 metre beam pelagic vessel for owners in Ireland.
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