Squid fishing season extended
The Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) has unanimously decided to extend the squid (Illex argentinus) fishing season taking place north of latitude 44º by 20 days. The closing date was originally scheduled for 31 August.
Volumes and Value At Peterhead Harbour
The volume and value of whitefish at Peterhead Harbour, Scotland’s premier fishing port is running well ahead of last year’s level, according to the Peterhead port authority.
Fish Prices/Landings for Scotland
The lack of quotas and fishing days is having an impact on fishing activity, with only 5,512 boxes of whitefish sold at Peterhead Market Scotland’s premier fishing port for the first two market days of last week but the shortage of fishing attracted good prices. In short supply, medium haddock sold for £200 per 57kg box at Peterhead on Tuesday morning which were followed by Large Haddock at £182 Per 57 kg box and Whiting at £114 -£125 per 57kg box.
62,60 m Purser/Trawler – “Strømegg”
Newbuilding no 403 from Karstensen Shipyard Ltd in Skagen, Denmark was handed over to Danish Owner Skagerak FiskeeksportA/S , Man. Dir Mr. Iver Espersen, Hirtshals on 3rd Novemberber 2007. The new vessel replaces the owners previous “Strømegg”, which was built in 1975. Mr Páll Joensen will be skippering the “Strømegg”. He has been spippering the old vessel since 1986.
Faroe pelagic ship launced
The most complex fishing vessels for the Faroe islands was launced on February 20 at the Asmar shipyard in Talcahuano, Chile.
Greener bottom trawling
Norwegian trawlers are cutting their operating costs by flying doors high keeps nets off seabed while the trawls stay on the bottom.
New trawl system avoids bottom contact and saves fuel
Trawling is currently being hit with a double whammy – on the one side it is being slapped with trawling bans due to increased pressure to prevent seabed damage and, on the other side it is being engulfed in rapidly rising fuel bills due to it being one of the more fuel-hungry fishing methods. Both of these contribute towards increased consumer concerns and resistance to trawled products.
U.S. West Coast groundfish fishery enters MSC assessment process
Today the United States West Coast limited entry groundfish trawl fishery entered full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification program for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. The fishery, which operates in the United States West Coast Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone off of Washington, Oregon and California, will be assessed by an independent certifier against the MSC standard for sustainable fishing. If successful, products from this fishery will be eligible to bear the blue MSC ecolabel.
Tripled amount of fish to production, in spite of lower catches
So far this year HB Grandi’s pelagic vessels have landed 27,000 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian herring and mackerel at Vopnafjördur. This represents a significant reduction in catch compared to last year, when 41,000 tonnes of mackerel and herring had been landed at the same point in 2009. The good news is that production of herring and mackerel for human consumption has increased dramatically, with approximately three times the amount going to production this year compared to 2009.
“Seafood stewardship in crisis”, experts say
In an opinion piece in the current issue of Nature magazine, six leading scientists claim that the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the world’s most established eco-labelling system for seafood, is “rapidly failing on its promise”.
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