New shipyard to build in Russian Far East

Post published:08/09/2017
Post category:Newbuild

Plans are in progress to establish a new shipyard in Russia’s Far East Primorsky Krai region, specifically to build fishing vessels.

Bringing the fishing industry together in Aalborg

Post published:08/09/2017
Post category:Exhibitions

There are not many fishing industry events that bring people together in quite the unique way that DanFish does. Located at Aalborg in Denmark, this year’s DanFish International has more than three hundred exhibitors from around the world – and Denmark’s HRH Prince Joachim will formally open the exhibition at 11AM on Wednesday 11th of October.

NOAA designates critical habitat for Atlantic sturgeon

Post published:07/09/2017
Post category:Administration

NOAA Fisheries has designated critical habitat for Atlantic sturgeon as an important step to ensuring their recovery.

Skipper show opens its doors in Bristol

Post published:07/09/2017
Post category:Exhibitions

The Skipper Expo International exhibition today opens –back in Bristol in a new venue after relocating from a few years of being held in Bournemouth.

Vónin; Everything’s bigger

Post published:06/09/2017
Post category:Fishing

This isn’t the first time Vónin has outgrown its home, managing director Hjalmar Petersen said. The company built a net loft for demersal production in Tórshavn in 2005, as well as in Greenland and Lithuania in 2014 – now it’s time for Vónin’s headquarters to follow.

Thousands of king crabs released in lost gear cleanup

Post published:06/09/2017
Post category:News

A cleanup of lost fishing gear along the Norwegian coast is in progress, and a few days in, thousands of king crabs have been released from lost nets.

Fishing to live

Post published:05/09/2017
Post category:Administration

According to the FAO, it is time for action to support and protect small-scale fisheries as a new study maps the policy dilemmas affecting those who provide most of the fish we eat.

Iceland looks to the future of aquaculture

Post published:05/09/2017
Post category:Aquaculture

Aquaculture and the granting of licences to overseas investors looking to establish large-scale fish farming operations, primarily salmon, in Iceland’s western and eastern fjords looks set to be as divisive an issue as the quota system and the catch levy have been.

North Atlantic fisheries ministers meet and agree to continued discussion

Post published:04/09/2017
Post category:Administration

The Ministers of Fisheries of the North Atlantic countries signed a statement following a meeting held in Canada at the end of last month. The 22nd Conference was devoted to the conservation of marine ecosystems. This gathering is traditionally attended by fishing ministers of the European Union, the Russian Federation, Canada, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Norway.

Unions call on government to enforce the rights of fishing vessel workers

Post published:04/09/2017
Post category:Politics

The Citra Mina Workers Union, with the support of their national centre SENTRO and the IUF, is stepping up its push for the government of the Philippines to implement a regulation enforcing the rights of workers on fishing vessels which it has promulgated but never implemented.