Hampiðjan technical adviser Sæmundur Árnason has spent three weeks at sea on board Murmansk Trawl Fleet’s catcher-processor Mekhanik Kovtun to keep a close eye on the gear during the trawler’s first trip with a new set of gear for targeting mackerel.
UK media have been sharing comments made by Environment Secretary Michael Gove during a visit to Denmark, quoting Gove’s having told Jyllands Posten that following the UK’s departure from the EU, Danish vessels will retain access to UK waters.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Menhaden Management Board has reviewed the results of the 2017 assessment and concluded that the resource is healthy.
The spell of bad weather that passed over Iceland last week has dropped away, and the fleet is back at sea but not finding it easy to find mackerel scattered by the storms.
Applications and proposals are wanted by Fisheries Innovation Scotland (FIS) for its latest set of research and development projects. These include a Fisheries Innovation Award Competition, a bursary to help career development within the fishing industry and a feasibility study into self-sampling in the pelagic sector.
Icelandic independent fisheries scientist Jón Kristjánsson has lashed out at modern fisheries management methods, saying that management has failed to deliver in to its promises of more fish and better fishing.
A fishery for sea cucumbers has developed in Iceland in recent years, and the technology has developed alongside it to include lightweight dredges mounted with sensors.
The first meeting of the Commission for Benthic and Demersal Species of the Bay of Biscay Commission Espèces Benthiques et Démersales du Golfe de Gascogne (CEBDGG) has taken place, during which it took on its new mandate for bass management.
One of the leading Danish yards specialising in GRP vessels has delivered a new longliner to owners in southern Greenland.
Good news for Danish fishermen as the Brisling Box off Denmark’s west coast is open as of today (29th July).
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