Icelandic fishing gear company Fjarðanet is working on plans to build a new net loft at Neskaupstaður in eastern Iceland. Land has been reclaimed next to the Síldarvinnslan factory and the area is now ready for construction to start.
The 35TH Annual Meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) was held in London last week, and conservation and management measures for the year 2017 were adopted for a number of fish stocks. These include blue whiting, herring, mackerel, redfish in the Irminger Sea and Rockall haddock.
All of the HB Grandi fleet is now at sea, with the exception of one of its pelagic vessels currently on the slipway for routine maintenance.
A new 25.95 metre netter/seine netter is to be built for a fishing company based on the island of Grímsey off the north coast of Iceland.
The Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries has developed an innovative method for producing tilapia and tomatoes that saves resources and is almost emission free. Tomatofish could be significant for the future of sustainable rural and urban farms.
Iceland’s minister of agriculture and fisheries has allocated regional quotas, under one of the two regional quota schemes.
New Zealand fishing and seafood group Sanford Limited has posted a 152% increase in net profit after tax to $34.7m for the year ended 30 September.The Group posted an 85.5% increase in reported EBIT to $57.7m, with revenue up $13.2m to $463.5m.
Iceland’s seamen’s strike has come to an end with an agreement reached between owners’ federation SFS and unions representing engineers and some crews. The fleet is making its way back to sea as proposed strike action has been postponed or called off.
EU fisheries ministers have reached unanimous agreement on the 2017 and 2018 TACs for 19 deep-sea stocks. For the first time in six years, there is unanimous agreement on deep sea TACs and quotas for the coming two years. One of these will be fished in accordance with MSY for the very first time next year.
ICES has updated its advice for North Sea fish stocks, notably saithe, haddock and cod.
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