Heavy fishing on blue whiting in Icelandic EEZ
One of Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels yesterday docked in Neskaupstaður with 2200 tonnes of blue whiting on board, most of it caught in Icelandic waters.
One of Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels yesterday docked in Neskaupstaður with 2200 tonnes of blue whiting on board, most of it caught in Icelandic waters.
Ongoing co-operation between the Institute of Marine Research, HB Grandi and Hampiðjan into the effectiveness of T90 codends rigged on QuickLines continued this spring both ashore and at sea.
Only a week after commencing Operation Albacore II, a joint operation between Sea Shepherd and the Gabonese government to tackle IUU fishing in Central West Africa, the crew of a Sea Shepherd vessel have assisted Gabonese authorities in the arrest of two illegal trawlers.
Regulations for the digital monitoring of New Zealand’s commercial fishing activity have been announced and these are expected to bring about some key changes to how commercial fishing activity is monitored and reported.
The European Parliament’s vote on multi-annual plan for demersal fish stocks in the North Sea poses concerns to industry, according to fishing industry body Europêche.
French fishing company Comata has confirmed the order of a new 62.80 metre freezer longliner from Piriou for fishing toothfish in the Southern Ocean.
A new seine netter/purse seiner for Lofoten owners is taking shape at the Stocznia Wisla yard in Gdansk, with the hull ready for launching and scheduled to be taken to Larsnes Mek Verksted in Norway for completion.
Norwegian operator DESS Aquaculture Shipping AS has ordered new live fish carriers based on a design developed by Salt Ship Design. The vessels will be built by Sefine shipyard in Turkey, with the first two vessels to be delivered in 2019 and the contract includes options for two more vessels.
After forty-four years of fishing from Ísafjörður in north-western Iceland, a veteran trawler has been sold to new owners in the Westmann Islands.
The Australian Government has welcomed the news that Chinese authorities have taken action against the operator of a Chinese fishing vessel found to have been misreporting catches in Australian waters.