Clean-up ends with new record set
This year’s clean-up of Norwegian fishing grounds run by the Directorate of Fisheries has ended with a total of 45 kilometres of nets being retrieved – which sets a new…
Hauling a lost net used for fishing Greenland halibut. Image: Gjermund Langedal, Directorate of Fisheries
Record recovery in gear clean-up
The clean-up operation run every year by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has this year returned record results, with 37,000 metres of nets retrieved from fishing grounds, in addition to…
Lost gear clean-up operation underway
This year's clean-up cruise to locate and retrieve lost fishing gear in Norwegian waters is underway, with pelagic vessel Vikingbank this year chartered for this purpose. Vikingbank sailed on 10th…
Seabed clean-up disappointingly successful
This year’s seabed clean-up operation run by Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries is well underway – and has been disappointingly successful in retrieving lost fishing gear. 64-metre pelagic vessel Vikingbank has…