Faroese quota auction
1200 tonnes of quota in the Russian zone of the Barents Sea was yesterday auctioned in the Faroe Islands.
1200 tonnes of quota in the Russian zone of the Barents Sea was yesterday auctioned in the Faroe Islands.
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU means that UK, from the date of exit, will take control of UK waters out to 200 miles (or the median line.) This will mean an opportunity to fundamentally change the way our fisheries are managed, the NFFO has stated following an executive committee meeting yesterday.
A Fisheries Law Enforcement Academy at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa is being established under a partnership between Norway and South Africa. The new FishFORCE is designed to help South Africa combat illegal fisheries and Norway has agreed R50 million over a five-year period.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its report on the loss of scalloper JMT (M-99) which sank off Rame Head on the 9th of July last year.
Gerda Maria was the breakthrough to the Norwegian market, Jógvan S Jacobsen at Vónin’s pelagic division said. During the winter of 2014, the Norwegian pelagic vessel was fishing for capelin in Icelandic waters, landing some of its trips in Fuglafjørður.
The FAO’s State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report has been published, and the data it presents shows that the global annual per capita fish consumption has risen above 20kg for the first time.
Siblings Natasha and Kurt Diest of Impala Fisheries in Cape Town won a R150,000 prize with the Fisheries Award and the Overall Inspirational Young Producer Award.
Norwegian fishing company Alta Fiskeriselskap has ordered a new vessel that will be registered under 500gt to make the 40 metre newbuild the largest coastal vessel in the Norwegian fleet.
A major survey of pelagic stocks on North Atlantic fishing grounds is underway with Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland participating.
A new 49.95 metre pelagic vessel has been ordered by the owners of the Lingbank from Karstensens in Skagen, the company’s first newbuilding.