Norway’s Ministry of the Environment has cleared the way for Statoil to drill for oil on the Viking Bank. Jonny Berfjord, chair of the board of directors of Norwegian vessel owners’ organisation Fiskebåt, has expressed his disappointment at the decision.
C.Vale has opened the largest and most modern fish processing facility in Brazil, supplied with Marel processing equipment and systems.
Two UK Labour MPs with fishing industry constituencies are making a concerted effort to make Labour the party of fishing. Luke Pollard is MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and Melanie Onn is MP for Great Grimsby.
The Okskaya Shipyard has signed a contract to deliver six new fresher trawlers to Murmansk company Valiant JSC.
Brittany company Armement à la pêche artisanale de Keroman (APAK), based in Lorient is putting substantial investment into fishing, with new vessels and plans for a new processing plant in the port area.
Europêche member organisations have all described as disappointing the results of the recommendations adopted by ICCAT for tuna and other species, especially the shortfall in the bluefin tuna TAC that the industry had expected would be higher, based on positive scientific data.
A new multi-role fishing vessel has been christened at the Larsnes Mek Verksted yard in western Norway. Sander Andre is in the last week of completion and is expected to be ready to start fishing at the beginning of December once the finishing touches have been added to the new seiner.
Ahead of the December Fisheries Council, where EU Member States will agree fishing quotas for 2018, the European Commission has tabled its proposal on catch limits and quotas for the Black Sea, following adoption of the first-ever multi-annual management plan for the region.
Kristinn Gestsson, until recently skipper of HB Grandi’s freezer trawler Therney, has joined Hampiðjan’s fishing gear division in a sales position.
Fishing industry figures have come away from the ICCAT meeting in Marrakesh disappointed at the decisions taken bluefin tuna, and especially the opposition by some member states and NGOs to moving from a recovery plan to a management plan.
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