Devon dredging licence suspended
The MMO has announced it has suspended a marine licence for dredging and disposal of materials off the coast of Devon.
Spanish fleet’s tuna FIP enters second year
The Spanish tuna fleet will invest €3 million this year in its Fishery Improvement Project developed in conjunction with WWF. This brings the level of investment to the FIP, launched in 2017, to a total of €12 million. The objective is to achieve MSC certification for all of its catches by 2021.
EU negotiator visits Denmark’s coastal communities
EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier’s visit to Lemvig and Thyborøn in Denmark, highlighting the importance of fisheries to the economy and to coastal communities, has been welcomed by the European Fisheries Alliance (EUFA).
Independent adjudicator backs PNA tuna recertification
Following an objection in the reassessment of the PNA skipjack tuna fishery, an independent adjudicator has confirmed the third party conformity assessment body (CAB) decision that the PNA skipjack tuna fishery continues to meet the MSC’s Standard for sustainable fishing. Of 24 challenges to individual scoring issues within the objection, none were upheld.
New crabber’s keel laid
The keel of a new crab catcher for Russian Far East fishing company Antey has been laid at the Pella Shipyard in St Petersburg, following the signing of the contract between the yard and the fishing company for the first of this series of vessels.
Push for sustainability shows results
Fishing businesses in the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic Sea are making record profits, thanks to a solid recovery of stocks such North Sea cod. According to the European Commission, this is a sign that the CFP focus on sustainable fishing is paying off.
New Themis delivered
The latest addition to Denmark’s pelagic fleet is the latest in the long series of pelagic vessels emerging from the Karstensen yard in Skagen. Three hundred people gathered at the Skagen quayside to celebrate the christening of the new Themis.
Warp tensioning saves time and effort
Every trawler crew knows the work that goes into spooling new warps onto the winch drums. Sometimes it can take days before the warps to sit comfortably under tension and there’s rarely a second chance to get things right. The addition of a warp tensioning machine to the Hampiðjan armoury means that these problems are eliminated.
Scottish Government to work with Nancy Glen families
The Scottish Government has announced that it will work with salvage specialists and the families of the Nancy Glen crewmen to support efforts to retrieve the bodies of the missing fishermen, after the boat was lost in Loch Fyne last month within sight of Tarbert, where the crew and their families lived.
Russian capelin fishery hits 30,000 tonnes
Russian pelagic vessels have caught as much Barents Sea capelin this season as they had during the last season in 2015, as there was no fishery in 2016 and 2017, and the prospects are looking good for the continuing season.
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