Mediterranean and Canary fishermen demand quota justice

Post published:12/10/2016
Post category:Fish Species

The Association in Defence of Mediterranean Artisanal Fisheries (ADPAM), the Regional Federation of Canary Island Fishing Cofradias, the Gaia Oceans Association, the Tarragona Fishing Cofradia and the Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) met in Tarragona last weekend to agree on the next steps of their campaign, following the Castellón meeting that took place in May. They affirmed that they will now focus on getting their voices heard in Madrid, to call for the injustices of recent years to be ended.

Successful Holland Fisheries Event

Post published:12/10/2016
Post category:Exhibitions

Last week saw the seventh Holland Fisheries Event in Urk opened by Secretary of State for Agriculture Martijn van Dam and Urk’s mayor Pieter an Maaren on Friday morning and close the following day after close to 3500 visitors from Holland other countries had visited. The date for the 8th Holland Fisheries Event has been set for the 5th and 6th of October 2018.

Cuts for western Baltic cod

Post published:11/10/2016
Post category:Fish Species

EU Fisheries Commissioner Karmelu Vella has announced a swingeing reduction in the Western Baltic cod quota.

Macduff delivers Forever Faithful

Post published:11/10/2016
Post category:Fishing Newbuild

The latest delivery from Macduff Shipyards is the new Forever Faithful PD-289, delivered to Andrew West of St Fergus.

Baltic demersal fishermen dealt huge blow by EU

Post published:11/10/2016
Post category:Fish Species

Demersal fishing in the Baltic Sea has been dealt a huge blow by the Council of Ministers on Monday night when they reached agreement on fishing opportunities for 2017 in the Baltic. The ministers ended up agreeing on a quota reduction of no less than 56% for cod in the Western Baltic Sea, while the quota for cod in the Eastern Baltic Sea was reduced by 25%.

Herring survey study video

Post published:09/10/2016
Post category:Fish Species

A video has been produced highlighting the work of an innovative multi-partner scientific survey to assess the composition of herring stocks to the West of Scotland.

Simek to build new Veidar longliner

Post published:09/10/2016
Post category:Fishing

The Simek shipyard has signed a contract to build a 55 metre combination netter and longliner for a Godøy owner.

Optimar to deliver Sealord factory deck

Post published:09/10/2016
Post category:News

Norwegian processing and handling specialist Optimar is to deliver the factory deck for the new Sealord tralwer ordered earlier this year.

Rolls-Royce design and equipment for Greenland pair

Post published:08/10/2016
Post category:Fish Species Fishing Newbuild

Two Rolls-Royce-designed stern trawlers have contracted to be built by the Freire Shipyard in Spain for Greenland companies Qajaq Trawl and the other by Polar Seafood.

Vónin strengthens sales team

Post published:07/10/2016
Post category:Fishing

Vónin’s sales force was boosted on the first of September as Frederik Hansen joined the company, taking responsibility for sales of pelagic fishing gear with Jógvan S. Jacobsen.