An investment by United Fish Industries (UFI, UK & Ireland) and its parent company, the Norwegian-based Pelagia Group, of €30 million has seen one of the most iconic fish processing plants in Ireland being totally redeveloped and reconstructed into one of the most modern marine ingredient plants in the world.
Building you own boat isn’t for everyone, but Pieter Louwe van Slooten has never been one to turn down a challenge.
‘Our core products are wire, combination rope and netting,’ Albert Hartman said, commenting that fishing hardware is at the heart of what Visserij Coöperatie Urk (VCU) does.
Norway’s Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has advised quotas for mackerel that are increased by 22% and for blue whiting that are up by 77%, while its advice on Atlanto-Scandian herring is up by 104%.
The discard ban has a colossal potential for chaos, according to Johan Nooitgedagt of Dutch fishermen’s association De Nederlandse Vissersbond.
With a growing demand for fishing capacity as quotas for plaice in particular are strong and fishing is better than has been seen for years, the Hoekman yard in Urk is developing newbuild options.
Síldarvinnslan’s re-structuring of its fleet is ongoing, with several of its older vessels already sold out of the country this year.
The Icelandic Group has announced its intention to sell off subsidiary company Ný-Fiskur, based in Sandgerði.
A first new coastal trawler for Lorient has been completed at the Socarenam yard in Boulogne for Jean-Pierre Camenen.
Europêche has hit back at the Commission's 2017 proposals for Baltic cod allocations, which sees a colossal decrease from last year's figures. The quota proposed for Western Baltic cod amounts to 1588 tonnes, down 88% from 2016 figures and a reduction of almost 40% for the Eastern stock.
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