Donegal celebrates oyster industry in new exhibition

Post published:20/08/2017
Post category:Fish Species

The success of Donegal’s oyster industry, now valued at over €11 million, is celebrated with the opening of an oyster exhibition at the Doagh Famine Museum as part of the ‘Taste the Atlantic- a Seafood Journey’ trail. From an industry decimated through overfishing in the 1800’s, and almost non-existent 30 years ago, Donegal has developed a successful and sustainable oyster industry employing 317 people and producing 2,475 tonnes of Irish rock and native oysters each year.

Scottish skippers get to grips with the Business of Fishing

Post published:19/08/2017
Post category:Education

Fishing into the Future has launched a new promotional film for its unique Business of Fishing training course. The short film follows the Robertson family, fishermen from Gardenstown in Aberdeenshire, as they reflect on what fishing means to them personally, and as they embark on the course to further their understanding of fisheries science and management.

COLTO responds to petition targeting Amazon toothfish sales

Post published:18/08/2017
Post category:Fish Species

The Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators (COLTO) has made a response to an online petition that has called on Amazon in the US to stop selling toothfish, otherwise referred to as Chilean seabass. COLTO states that the petition is inaccurate, misleading and untruthful.

400 mile flight in Force 9 conditions to reach casualty

Post published:18/08/2017
Post category:Accidents - Shipwreck News

A crewman became unwell on a fishing vessel over 200 miles from Stornoway, his condition serious enough to require urgent medical attention. The UK Coastguard sent two search and rescue helicopters, one from Inverness and one from Stornoway, to the scene off west of Scotland.

Wärtsilä design features first hybrid propulsion for fish farming industry

Post published:17/08/2017
Post category:Aquaculture

Technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver the ship design for a new processing and transport vessel to be built at the Balenciaga shipyard in Spain on behalf of Hav Line AS of Norway.

Chinese reefer detained in Galapagos Reserve

Post published:17/08/2017
Post category:Politics

It started with conservation officers who alerted the Ecuadorian Navy. A Chinese reefer vessel was inspected east of the Island of San Cristobal inside the Galapagos Marine Reserve and subsequently detained.

Grateful delivered by Karstensens

Post published:16/08/2017
Post category:Fishing Newbuild

The Karstensens yard’s latest delivery is a 70m pelagic vessel for Fraserburgh owners with a history going back more than a century. Grateful FR-249 replaces the 64 metre Forever Grateful, which was sold in 2016 and is now fishing as Trygvason for its Norwegian owners.

This is where business gets done, says IceFish Events Director

Post published:15/08/2017
Post category:Exhibitions

This year’s Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition is already set to show more than 40% growth compared to the 2014 event, according to organiser Mercator Media.

Keeping it in Boulogne

Post published:14/08/2017
Post category:Newbuild

The first of a trio of new trawler/seiner netters for Boulogne has started fishing. The second is on the way in September and a third new trawler will make its appearance before the end of 2017 – and there are more to come.

Lancashire fishseller pleads guilty to buying without registration

Post published:14/08/2017
Post category:Administration

Representatives of Dockside Ltd, a company that owns a wet fish shop in Fleetwood, Lancashire, were ordered to pay £4,715.27 by Blackpool Magistrates Court.