Scottish government consults on electrofishing
The Scottish government has launched a consultation on potential proposals to legalise electrical fishing for razor clams.
The Scottish government has launched a consultation on potential proposals to legalise electrical fishing for razor clams.
Fire crews were called out to deal with a fire on board a fishing vessel in Peterhead last night.
The seventh Holland Fisheries Event, the premier fisheries and maritime trade fair in the Netherlands, is to be officially opened by State Secretary for economic affairs Martijn van Dam on Friday 7th October in Urk.
Wärtsilä Ship Design has introduced a new optimised stern trawler design that will reduce fuel consumption and notably increase overall vessel efficiency compared to currently available designs.
A Spanish longliner apprehended last week with a cargo of shark is being held by the authorities in the African island state of São Tomé and Príncipe while the contents of its fishroom is investigated.
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has agreed to a resolution that asks the US government to address a suite of concerns before acting on the proposed expansion on the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (MNM) in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The proposed monument expansion could prohibit commercial tuna fishing by US vessels in two-thirds of US offshore waters around Hawaii.
Scantrol’s Deep Vision is one of the three nominees for Nor-Fishing’s Innovation Award, due to be awarded today.
According to Guðlaugur Jónsson, skipper of HB Grandi’s pelagic vessel Venus, which sailed last night from Vopnafjörður, catches have been good in the last couple of trips.
Arctic cod are clearly highly susceptible to oil pollution, according to Otto Gregussen of the Norwegian Fishermen’s Association, commenting on research carried out by the University of Tromsø.
Iceland’s Ministry of Industries and Innovation, which includes the fisheries and agriculture briefs, has set the regional quotas for the 2016-17 quota year that opens on 1st September.