There is heavy fishing on blue whiting in Faroese waters at the moment, with Faroese, Icelandic, Russian and Norwegian vessels all fishing there, as the fish appear to have migrated out of EU waters and into the Faroese zone.
The Yorkshire town of Filey is battling to keep fishermen on the water as well as to protect fishing history and a local identity first recorded in the Middle Ages.
French fishing companies Euronor in Boulogne and Compagnie des Pêches in St Malo have taken delivery of a new factory trawler from Kleven’s Myklebust Verft in Norway.
Marit Hamre has been elected the new chairman of pelagic fishing association Pelagisk Forening. She is the general manager of the Krossfjord fishing company based at Steinsland in the Fjell municipality near Bergen and which operates pelagic vessel Krossfjord.
Vónin was involved early in the aquaculture business, drawing on its long background in many types of fishing gears, as fish farming grew rapidly in the Faroese fjords, and it wasn’t long before Vónin’s expertise was in demand across the rest of the Nordic region and in the UK. With a strong reputation for the quality and security of aquaculture installations, Vónin has now established an alliance with Crosby Europe, which also has a long track record in producing high-quality hardware designed to withstand the rigours of heavy use in the fishing industry.
Norwegian specialist supplier Optimar intends to use its extensive expertise in fisheries and aquaculture to develop processing solutions that exploit marine resources even more effectively than today.
Last week’s delivery of the annual report by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) on the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy concludes that stock status has significantly improved, although the rate of progress has slowed in the last few years. It also reflects an overall downward trend in the fishing pressure over the period 2003-2015 in the North-East Atlantic.
When Ray Wadsworth’s Kodiak Marine Construction of Squim, Washington built the Order of Magnitude in 1990, fuel was cheap and roe herring prices were high. Back then he was looking for an edge on the competition and bought it by installing a 3000hp gas turbine in his new 17.6 by 4.40 metre (58 x 14.5 foot) aluminium seiner. Minutes can make a difference in getting in position to set on the herring.
The two main UK fishing industry federations have underlined their joint position, working together to secure the best possible deal from the EU withdrawal negotiations.
Measures taken by Russia and Norway from 2015 to regulate the snow crab fishery have been shown to have been effective in restricting third-country access and blocking IUU activity. Joint efforts in fisheries management were discussed by the Russian and Norwegian fisheries ministers at the Global Seafood Exhibition last week in Brussels.
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