DFPO – concern over smuggling expose
A report by Danish TV station TC2 exposing systematic drug trafficking through Danish ports has come as a surprise to the Danish Fishermen’s PO. The report outlined that a number…
A report by Danish broadcaster TV2 alleges that beam trawlers landing into west Jutland ports are part of a major drug trafficking operation
Jutland fishing ports become cocaine gateway
Fishing ports in western Jutland have become a major gateway for narcotics coming into Europe, according to a report by Danish broadcaster TV2, which alleges that Dutch fishing vessels landing…
Don’t land fish during trucker’s strike, warns auction
Auctioneer Jesper Kongsted at the Hanstholm fish auction is warning skippers to avoid landing catches just as Denmark’s road network is be crippled by large-scale protest action later this month.…
New opportunities for Hanstholm brothers
With just the final documentation needing to be completed, Hanstholm brothers Morten and René Olsen are ready for their new August HM-95 to start fishing. Built at Jobi Værft in…
The new trawler for Lynge Fiskeri is scheduled to be delivered at the end of 2021
Jutland partnership orders new trawler
Thyborøn company Lynge Fiskeri, with its two new shareholders Claus Møller Pedersen and Fredrik Toftegaard, has acquired Hanstholm trawler Karen Nielsen HM-127 and renamed it Myggenæs HM-227 – and has…
Susanita L-228
Brisling quota too low, says Hanstholm skipper
Steaming home with 370 tonnes on board, skipper Hjalmer Kristensen on the Susanita L-228 says that the sea is alive with fish and the quota has been set far too…