Waiting for answers on invasive salmon fishery
Fishermen in northern Norway are waiting for decisions from the authorities on opening a fishery for invasive Pacific pink salmon. ‘The time has come to let us fish for humpback…
Cod proposal from Iceland’s small boat owners
The National Association of Small Boat Owners (Landssamband smábátaeigenda – NASBO) has requested in a formal letter to Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir the opportunity to lease 30,000 tonnes of…
Ghana’s coastal fishing bodies appeal for inshore zone to be signed into law
Small-scale fishing associations are calling on Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama to sign he country’s new Fisheries and Aquaculture Act into law without amendments, warning that recent lobbying from trawler…
New fishery emerging in Norway’s coastal waters
Norwegian fishermen and scientists have seen positive results from an experimental fishery for pink salmon. This invasive species has been fished with a variety of methods, deminstrating that it can…
First Pluto doors delivered to US trawler
Trawling for sole and rockfish from Morro Bay in California, Kyle Pemberton is no stranger to innovation. He’s using a pair of MarEco’s trawl doors, the first pair of these…
Fish fingers – like you’ve never seen before
A pilot community project to create a new locally sourced fish finger for school lunches is making waves across Plymouth and beyond. Known as the Plymouth Fish Finger, the project…
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…
