69,000 tonne season
Neskaupstaður company Síldarvinnslan has had a busy few months since the start of the mackerel season in mid-July. This season’s landings have totalled close to 69,000 tonnes.
No excuse for dumping at sea
Danish skipper Jørgen B Olsen has been ashore for a couple of weeks, just as the weather and fishing have been fine, thanks picking up an discarded set of gear in the boat’s propeller.
Commissioner meets European social partners
EU Social Partners in the fisheries sector meet Commissioner Vella to ensure strong social standards in the fishing industry. At the Plenary session held on 4th November 2016, the EU Social Partners in the fisheries sector had a positive meeting with Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, to discuss the many pressing issues facing the fishing sector – particularly concerning safety, health and working conditions at sea.
Black Sea declaration on sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
Nations bordering the Black Sea have unanimously backed a declaration setting out their commitment to tackling the challenges faced by fisheries and aquaculture. This is the region’s first ever consensus on promoting rational exploitation of marine resources, sustainable aquaculture, opposition to illegal practices and mitigation of threats to the marine environment.
Pelagic fleet renewal in full swing
The latest pelagic vessel to join the Scottish fleet is the Kings Cross, built for the Buchan and Wiseman families by Karstensens in Skagen, and a string of newbuilds is set to follow it.
Ghost net removal saves marine wildlife
For the second time in a few days, Australian Border Force (ABF) and Maritime Border Command (MBC) have retrieved lost fishing gear, this time from the Timor Sea roughly 150 nautical miles NNW of Darwin.
Independent processors back fishermen
Icelandic processors’ organisation SFÚ (Samtök fiskframleiðenda og útflytjenda), which represents independent processors and exporters, was held last week and chairman Jón Steinn Elíasson was re-elected. SFÚ also took a firm stance at its AGM on the current threat of strike action by fishermen, backing the fishermen in their demands.
Fine fish but slow fishing
The migration of Icelandic summer-spawning herring has yet to be properly located, in spite of the pelagic fleet searching for fish over a wide area west of Iceland.
IMR recommends 1500 tonne crab quota
Norway’s Institute of Marine Research has recommended that not more than 1500 tonnes of male king crab should be caught in 2017 in the area between North Cape and the Russian border.
MAIB publishes three accident reports
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published three reports detailing events surrounding the loss of four lives on three commercial fishing vessels in 2015 and 2016. In these cases, it is judged that the lost fishermen could have survived if they had been wearing personal flotation devices.
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