There was so much interest in the experimental Loppa gutting and heading machine for smaller fishing boats at the last Nor-Fishing exhibition that its inventors had every reason to push ahead with development and a commercial version will make its debut at Nor-Fishing this year.
A Norwegian operator has gone to a yard and a designer in Norway and a second yard in Poland for a construction project for three inshore vessels.
The entire Aker shareholdings on Norwegian fisheries companies Havfisk and Norway Seafoods have been acquired by Lerøy Group.
St Malo fishing gear company Morgère has appointed François Charrayre as its new design engineer.
Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered a new seine netter to owners in Norway.
Promoted as a key measure to combat illegal fishing, the Port State Measures Agreement, adopted and promoted by FAO, has been welcomed by EU Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella and others as it allows nations to exclude illegal operators and prevent illegal catches form being landed.
Construction is now in progress of six new multi-purpose fishing vessels at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad for a customer in the Russian Far East.
Icelandic fishing company Ögurvík, based in Reykjavík and operating one freezer trawler, has been acquired by Brim hf.
Norwegian trawler operators have committed to a series of initiatives designed to mitigate the effects of fishing gears on ocean floor species.
ICES findings on Baltic cod make grim reading as reductions in fishing activity are called for.
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