New oil and gas exploration
The UK Oil and Gas Authority has released seismic data for the Rockall Trough and mid-North Sea High areas acquired during a £20 million Government-funded seismic survey carried out last year.
Three rescued from stranded beamer
A 20m beam trawler forced on to rocks yesterday evening at Moneypoint at the entrance to Kinsale Harbour was the scene of a rapid rescue by the Kinsale RNLI lifeboat.
Fisheries Iceland director steps down
Kolbeinn Árnason, director of Icelandic vessel operators’ association Fisheries Iceland (Samtök Fyrirtækja í Sjávarútvegi – SFS), has stood down.
Bangladesh gets fisheries research vessel
The Sumber Samudra Sdn. Bhd. yard at Perak in Malaysia recently delivered a 37.80 metre fisheries research and survey vessel. Built for the Bangladesh Department of Fisheries, the new vessel completed official sea trials and additional trials for the fishing gear have also been completed.
Iceland sets mackerel quota
Iceland’s Ministry of Fisheries on Friday set this year’s mackerel quota at 148,000 tonnes.
Health coverage secured for dismissed Citra Mina workers
Union leaders and members dismissed by Philippines tuna company more than two years ago. They continue to press for their rights and have now been have been able to get healthcare cover for themselves and their families, replacing the cover that was lost with their jobs.
Capto gear for blue whiting season
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic two vessels are now on grounds in the grey zone between the Irish and Faroese EEZs and inside the Faroese EEZ, although only twelve Icelandic vessels can fish inside the Faroese zone at any one time.
More than just a gaff
It’s about the simplest piece of kit that any fishing vessel can have on board, but there’s more to a gaff than just a length of wood with a nail through it, as Erling Brim is happy to explain.
Pioneering hydrolysing technology at sea
Factory trawler Molnes is back at sea after an extensive refit at the Vard Søviknes shipyard, where it has been fitted with some pioneering technology technology to maximise the value of what would otherwise be factory deck waste.
Iceland appoints new fisheries minister
Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson has taken over as Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in the Icelandic government’s reshuffle following the revelation that prime minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson had been implicated in undeclared ownership of an offshore company together with his wife.
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