P&P end Australian venture
Dutch fishing company Parlevliet en van der Plas has ended its troubled Australian operation.
Dutch fishing company Parlevliet en van der Plas has ended its troubled Australian operation.
MEPs have voted to remove days at sea for North Sea cod fisheries and the European Parliament claims that the relaxation of this measure will remove all obstacles to complying in full with the landing obligation.
Seyðisfjörður in eastern Iceland has been busier than usual in the last few days as trawlers have been making regular landings there.
Brittany’s fishing sector is nervous about the implications for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
A new factory stern trawler for Norwegian owners was launched this week at the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey.
A new 800 square metre purse seine hotel was opened a few days ago by Cosmos Trawl in Hirtshals. It has space for eight of the largest purse seines and practically the entire space has been booked for the next ten years.
New Zealand’s Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has announced a temporary closure of shellfish and seaweed harvesting along the earthquake-affected east coast of the South Island, and a NZ$2 million package to investigate the impact of the earthquakes on these fisheries.
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) held its 20th Special Meeting at Vilamoura in Portugal this week and took the lead on a number of key decisions.
HB Grandi’s pelagic vessel Venus is on its way to Vopnafjörður with 1200 tonnes of herring on board. This catch, which is the first to be landed at Vopnafjörður following the seamen’s strike, was taken in five hauls west of Faxaflói Bay.
Researchers have identified only small amounts of juvenile capelin in the Barents Sea, but encouraging volumes of fry with the third largest recorded volume in the region.