Denmark’s Minister Food and the Environment Esben Lunde Larsen has announced subsidies for investment in fishing vessels to improve safety, environmental factors and catch quality, as well as opening a grant scheme for boosting aquaculture.
Icelandic fishing gear supplier and manufacturer Hampiðjan has established itself with a sales office in Murmansk, with Sergei Kiselev appointed to manage sales of fishing gear from Hampiðjan and other companies within the group to Russian fishing companies, as well as handling servicing.
Capelin were landed yesterday at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland by two Norwegian pelagic vessels.
The Finnish Fishermen's Association has entered the Baltic herring and sprat fishery into full assessment to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) Fisheries Standard. The fishery represents more than 90% Finland’s marine catch and is the first Finnish fishery to enter MSC assessment.
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (NFFO) has written urgently to UK Fisheries Minister George Eustice calling for an appeals process to be put in place for those vessels excluded from the bass fishery.
Tromsø fishing company West Atlantic has taken delivery of a new Cleopatra 36B autoliner. The new boat has been built by Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar, designed to comply Norwegian regulations.
Blue Fish Europe has announced that Javier Touza, President of both Blue Fish Spain and of the Vigo Shipowner’s Co-operative (ARVI), takes over as the new President of Blue Fish Europe.
The first meeting since talks broke up two weeks ago was held yesterday between Icelandic seamen’s unions and vessel owners. This is now easily the longest-running seamen’s strike ever to take place in Iceland and has been in progress since mid-December when unions’ memberships voted down an agreement that had previously been reached.
Boat owners, shipping companies and anyone who puts out to sea are being informed about a change in some of the VHF channel numbers used to contact UK Coastguard.
The European Parliament in its plenary session in Brussels voted in favour of the new proposal for a regulation on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets (COM(2015)636). The whole EU fishing industry is deeply concerned with one of the articles adopted since it could put out of business environmentally and socially responsible fishing companies on the basis of a single mistake.
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