Fish harvester from Kleven
The Kleven yard has signed a contract for the construction of a fish harvesting vessel for delivering salmon from farms to processing plants.
The Kleven yard has signed a contract for the construction of a fish harvesting vessel for delivering salmon from farms to processing plants.
The second Eastern Economic Forum (EFF) is being held in Vladivostok today and tomorrow (2nd-3rd Sept).
Iceland’s mackerel season has extended longer into the summer than usual and the indications are there that it could go well into the autumn.
Westcon Yards signed a contract to build a pelagic trawler for the Tait family’s Klondyke Shipping Company.
According Taiwan Fisheries Agency, the The Council of Agriculture (COA) has responded to the concerns of fishermen following the ruling made on the 12th of July by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on the South China Sea arbitration that had been requested by the Philippines in 2013.
All exhibit space at the Iceland Fishing Expo, due to take place in Reykjavík 28th-30th of this month is now sold out, report the event’s organisers.
Síldarvinnslan’s trawler Barði sailed at the weekend for Akureyri where it is due to be refitted at the Slippstödinn yard.
The Government of Canada is following through on its commitment to protect species at risk. Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc has announced that twelve aquatic species are being proposed for listing under the Species at Risk Act, which already lists more than a hundred species.
Halldór Ármannsson, chairman of the Icelandic National Association of Small Boat Owners, has decided to step down after three years in the post, and is returning to fishing.
New Zealand fishing company Sealord has placed an order for a new factory trawler, the company’s first newbuild for more than twenty years.