Recommended Barents Sea cod quota down by a fifth
The International Sea Research Council (ICES) has recommended that the Barents Sea cod quota next year should not exceed 712,000 tonnes – a 20% reduction compared to this year's quota.
Research chooses Wärtsilä 31
The new pelagic vessel under construction for Shetland owners Research Fishing Company at the Vard Group yard in Norway will be fitted with a Wärtsilä 31 main engine.
EU Guide for Risk Prevention in Small Fishing Vessels
NFFO Safety and Training Officer and FISG Promotion of Safety chairman Robert Greenwood is encouraging fishermen to download the latest publication from the European Union on fishing safety.
Smaller operators under threat
Fish prices in Iceland have dropped by 22% over the last year and smaller vessel owners who rely on cod and other roundfish are struggling to remain viable, according to Örn Pálsson, director of Iceland’s National Association of Small Boat Owners (NASBO).
Somalia’s fishing coaches take skills home
Equipped with new skills and knowledge, a first group of local fishermen here are now fanning out into their home communities to organise local fisheries capacity-building sessions – part of a broad EU-backed, FAO-led effort to unlock the vast poverty-reduction and hunger-fighting potential of Somalia’s coastal fishing grounds.
Sophisticated new trawler from Danish yard
When Ejner Klitlund and his son Rasmus Klitlund decided on a new fishing boat, it was natural that they approach Jobi Yard. With a design by Danish naval architect Vestværftet A/S of Hvide Sande, they had the hull built in Poland.
LDAC calls for mandatory IMO numbers
Last week saw the 10th anniversary of the EU Long Distance Fleet Advisory Council (LDAC), the EU stakeholder body formed by representatives of the fishing industry, seafood processing and marketing sectors, trade unions and NGOs.
ICES releases 2018 Baltic advice
According to ICES, the western Baltic cod stock has not improved as expected, with another year with a further downward revision in biomass and upward revision in fishing exploitation rate, although ICES notes that there was a surprisingly good recruitment in 2016 which, if protected from overfishing, may help replenish this severely overfished stock.
20th Seawork International this week
The Seawork International exhibition takes place in Southampton next week, opening on Tuesday 13th and ending on the 15th.
Swedish pair ordered from Skagen yard
Swedish fishing company Torönland Fiskeri, based at Fiskebäck near Gothenburg, has ordered a pair of 49.90 metre pelagic vessels for delivery in late 2019.
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