Mackerel moving fast
The Icelandic pelagic fleet has been busy on mackerel after a quiet spell, and landings are now coming thick and fast to ports in the east of the country.
The Icelandic pelagic fleet has been busy on mackerel after a quiet spell, and landings are now coming thick and fast to ports in the east of the country.
This year Rapp Marine has introduced its new electric fish pump and is holding live demonstrations on the final day of Nor-Fishing.
US patent authorities have decided that patents related to krill oil and its production held by Aker Biomarine are unpatentable. This finding by the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on August 10th this year, follows petitions from Norwegian biotechnology company Rimfrost AS, which produces krill oil.
The Vympel Shipyard in Russia has laid the keel of its first new trawler, being built for Murmansk fishing company Karelriba.
Liegruppen and Salt Ship Design have won the Nor-Fishing Innovation Award for 2018 for their innovative high-tech, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly fishing vessel.
A new Typhoon 38 completed for Donald and Catriona Maclennan in Stornoway has already been steamed home after being completed at the G Smyth yard in Kilkeel. With the crab season still underway, the owners hope to make the most of it with this fast new crabber.
More than a hundred suppliers to the fisheries and maritime sector from the Netherlands and beyond will be gathering in Urk in October for this year’s Holland Fisheries Event, held at at De Koningshof Party & Events in Urk.
For the second time, longline equipment manufacturer Mustad and fishing company Ervik Havfiske are taking the opportunity to sign a major agreement at the Nor-Fishing exhibition.
Following the loss of Eben Haezer GY-57 last year, its owners have taken the decision to stay in fishing, with a switch to the Belgian flag and a flyshooter/trawler acquired from Denmark.
Sustained investment in jobs and skills within Scotland’s remote and rural communities has helped earn Scottish Sea Farms Investors in People (IIP) Platinum accreditation, the highest possible IIP status.