New Research to be built in Norway
The Shetland Islands-based Research Fishing Compay has signed a contract for a new pelagic vessel to be delivered in late 2018.
The Shetland Islands-based Research Fishing Compay has signed a contract for a new pelagic vessel to be delivered in late 2018.
Fishing industry figures welcomed the French government demand for more socially sustainable fisheries policies at a seminar held this week, organised by the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) in the framework of the European Shipping Week.
Niisa Trawl’s new trawler, under construction at the Metalships & Docks yard at Vigo in Spain is due to start fishing by the end of 2018 and will be sailing with a Carsoe factory deck.
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Beitir has broken a few records this week after docking at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland last night with 3000 tonnes of capelin on board.
Hirtshals company Marine Shaft’s name tells you a lot of what the company does as its core business, but there’s much more going on there than the name indicates.
The quality of the cod supplied by the coastal fleet, has improved in recent years, according to research by Nofima carried out by Sjurdur Joensen, Torbjørn Tobiassen and Nofima head of research Bent Dreyer.
According to Ari Gudmundsson, FAO Senior Fishery Officer, fishing is often characterised by the lack of a safety culture, attributable not only to technical elements of vessel design, construction and equipment, but also to a number of social and economic factors.
According to Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE), Spain has once again turned its back on historic injustices by denying small scale Mediterranean fishermen access to bluefin tuna.
Fisheries consultant Ross Winstanley is planning to take part in the 8th World Recreational Fishing Conference later this year to present the idea concept of consumers as stakeholders – drawing on the decision by the government of the Australian state of Victoria to close a sustainable net fishery to replace it with a solely recreational fishery.
Proposal have been set out for a multi-annual plan for the management of small pelagic stocks (anchovy, sardine, mackerel and horse-mackerel) in the Adriatic.