Russian’s Barents Sea red king crab fishery in the Barents Sea has become the first king crab fishery in the world to achieve MSC certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery. The certification was awarded by independent certifier Acoura Marine following a detailed assessment.
Speaking at a Pew-organised event examining overfishing in EU waters, Europêche president Javier Garat has warned that the European fishing industry is facing a combination of challenges that amount to a perfect storm.
The Nauta Shiprepair Yard in Poland has signed two contracts for building partly outfitted fishing trawlers. Both vessels have been ordered by Danish client, Karstensens Skibsvaerft, and Nauta now has twelve vessels at various states of construction that are being built for Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and UK fishing companies.
The Joint EU-Morocco Commission of Fishing Professionals, which formalised its constitution last Friday in Dakhla (Morocco), has warned of the negative socio-economic impacts for both parties of an unfavourable decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in relation to the current fishing protocol between the EU and Morocco.
Shetland Fishermen’s Association executive officer Simon Collins has hit out at an NGO that has launched an attack on the Shetland Shellfish Management Organisation (SSMO), describing the attack as ‘bizarre, ill-founded and damaging.’
Iceland’s capelin roe season is now in progress, the most important part of the season when the fish are in peak condition for roe to be extracted for the lucrative and demanding Japanese market, and production is now underway at several locations in Iceland, with inspectors from Japan carefully watching the quality.
Hanstholm fisherman Kim Pedersen has dreamed for almost twenty years of being able to build a new boat. The dream has been shared with his wife, Janni, and it was logical that the new trawler should be named after her, as were his previous boats.
The Commission responsible for selecting projects under Russia’s investment quotas scheme has approved 56 out of the 68 applications received. 33 new fishing vessels and 23 new fish processing plants are to be built under the investment quotas framework.
The tenth Pêcheurs du Monde international film festival, a unique event dedicated to films about fishing around the world, is held in the French port city of Lorient next month, with more than 40 films screened over seven days.
According to Iceland’s National Association of Small Boat Owners (NASBO), the saithe catch for the last three years has fallen a long way short of the quotas allocated for it – by around 35,000 tonnes.
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