Minister boosts coastal fishery quota
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Svandís Svavarsdóttir has authorised a 1500 tonne boost to the overall quota available to small-scale boats fishing within the coastal fisheries regime. This brings the total…
Iceland’s coastal fishery gets a quota lift
Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has signed off a regulation to increase the quota allocation to the coastal fishery. The coastal fishery is limited to smaller fishing vessels during…
Netter Nygrunn has been built for Ørjan and Ketil Sandnes
Trefjar netter for Lofoten brothers
Looking to replace the boat that had been in the family since 1971, the Sandnes brothers from Leknes in Norway’s Lofoten Islands went to Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar for a new…
The National Seafood Survey extended to capture more accurate data on importance of Ireland’s inshore fisheries. Image: BIM
BIM survey seeks accurate data on importance of inshore fisheries
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency, is inviting all <10 metre fishing vessel operators to complete its annual National Seafood Survey. More than 1500 vessels in Ireland fall…
Men and women affected by the eviction have been sleeping in pirogues and facilities at Kouléwondy landing site, next to Hotel Noom. Image: Aliou Diallo/REJOPRA
Fishing community evicted for hotel expansion
A community of around 800 fishermen, fish processors and fishmongers in Kouléwondy district of the Guinean capital of Conakry have been holding out against attempts to displace them from the…
Incentives are being made available under Denmark’s coastal fishing scheme for low-impact gears such as static nets and seine nets
Danish Parliament agrees on low-impact fishing scheme
An agreement has been reached by a broad majority of the Danish Parliament on a coastal fishing scheme which offers advantages for fishing with low-impact gear such as static nets…
There was a strong turnout from all sectors of the UK fishing industry for the two-day Future of Our Inshore Fisheries conference. Image: Seafish
Strong turnout for major inshore fisheries conference
Inshore fishermen, industry leaders, policymakers, regulators and researchers all came together in London for the first day of an ambitious conference which considers the future management of the UK’s inshore…
Bjørkåsbuen has been delivered by Trefjar to Båtsfjord skipper/owner Jens-Einar Bjørkås Johnsen. Image: Trefjar
Bjørkåsbuen goes to Båtsfjord
Trefjar has delivered a new Cleopatra 36 to Båtsfjord skipper/owner Jens-Einar Bjørkås Johnsen. The 11 metre, 14gt Bjørkåsbuen is a Cleopatra Fisherman 36 built at Trefjar’s yard at Hafnarfjörður in…
Built by Jemar Norpower, Sigleflu has a 24-knot turn of speed. Image: Jamar Norpower
Compact wrasse catcher
Jemar Norpower has delivered a compact workboat to Fitjar fisherman, who intends to use the 23ft Sigleflu for potting and fishing for wrasse. Wrasse are becoming an increasingly prominent fishery,…
Bursaries are being made available to support fifty working fishermen to attend the Future of Our Inshore Fisheries conference in October
Supporting fishermen to attend inshore conference
UK fishermen are being offered the opportunity to take up funding towards attending the Future of Our Inshore Fisheries conference, to be held in London 8-9th October this year. The intention…