Good fishing on mackerel in international zone

Post published:13/09/2018
Post category:Fish Species

Fishing has been good on mackerel in the international zone between Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands in the last few days.

No scallop agreement for 2018

Post published:13/09/2018
Post category:Fish Species

According to French fishing industry body CNPMEM, the French industry has decided to withdraw from negotiations between France and the UK over access to scallop fisheries in the English Channel.

Multinational co-operation targets and catches suspected illegal fishing

Post published:12/09/2018
Post category:Administration

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and its international partners have wrapped up an operation focusing on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Pacific Ocean on the high seas outside Australian waters.

Built in Urk: Texel shrimper Bona Fide

Post published:12/09/2018
Post category:Fish Species

TCD, the technical division of the Urk Fishermen’s Co-operative VCU, has delivered the first new fishing vessel built in Urk for many years with the completion of a new shrimp trawler for Texel fisherman Erik Kalf.

New appointment for pioneering sampling scheme

Post published:11/09/2018
Post category:Administration Fishing

Dr Katie Brigden has been appointed as Fisheries Scientist to work on a pioneering fish industry ‘self-sampling’ scheme for pelagic stocks. Her new role is supported by the EU PANDORA project, under which the NAFC Marine Centre in Shetland is partnering with the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SPFA) and Marine Scotland Science (MSS).

Pole and line catcher joins TriMarine subsidiary

Post published:11/09/2018
Post category:Fish Species Manufacturers

In an addition to the pole-and-line fleet it operates under the Solomon Islands flag, a vessel acquired from Japan has joined the fleet of National Fisheries Developments (NFD), a subsidiary of US tuna operator Tri Marine.

Fishroom fire leaves new trawler’s future in the balance

Post published:10/09/2018
Post category:News

A second fire on board the same trawler under construction at a shipyard in Holland has left the new twin-rigger/fly-shooter’s future in the balance as the damage is assessed.

HB Grandi’s new freezer trawler for sale on the slipway?

Post published:09/09/2018
Post category:Economy

Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi continues to go through a period of change that began when a third of its ownership changed hands earlier this year. The company has announced the acquisition of another operator – and that its new freezer trawler currently under construction in Spain may be for sale.

Less than 4% of the global ocean is fished

Post published:08/09/2018
Post category:Administration

Earlier this year, a group of researchers made the claim that fishing activities occurred in 55% of the world’s oceans. As a result, their study found that the area fished is four times bigger than the area occupied by agriculture in terms of square kilometres. At the time, Europêche argued that the study was based on scientifically unsound data, overestimating the proportion of the seabed where fishing occurs.

Scottish salmon farmers lead the way with transparent reporting

Post published:07/09/2018
Post category:Aquaculture Fish Species

Scotland’s salmon farmers have published monthly mortality figures on a farm-by-farm basis to increase transparency and understanding of this key sector.