Echo is a game changer for prawn fishery
The Notus Echo, introduced a few years ago to the Irish and Scottish fleets fishing for nephrops, has proved itself an invaluable took for skippers looking to streamline the way…
Camera monitoring for Kattegat trawlers
Denmark’s Minister of Fisheries Rasmus Prehn has ruled that trawlers fishing in the Kattegat will be required to participate in camera monitoring as part of strategies to strengthen the cod…
Langoustines return to Lorient – and octopus arrive
After a couple of difficult seasons, Lorient’s 2021 langoustine season was a good one for the port, which is the premier landing point in France for live langoustine. The 2019…
Langoustine processing is in progress at VSV’s factory in the Westman Islands
Westman Islands nephrops fishery underway
The fishery for nephrops (langoustine) off the south of Iceland is a shadow of what it once was, but this year’s modest fishery has got off to a good start.…
Finding the sweet spot in every tow
Whatever you want to call them – nephrops, prawns, langoustine Norway lobster – this is one of the most valuable fisheries in European waters. One of the challenges has historically…
Langoustine (nephrops) are a vitally important export species for Scotland’s fishing industry
Scotland supports prawn sector
A new resilience group has been granted £1 million funding to support Scotland’s langoustine (nephrops) sector through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Scottish Nephrops Working Group will investigate the scale…
POs have voiced their concern that some operators are supplying nephrops at prices that can be seen as undermining the market’s pre-existing price structures
UK POs look forward to nephrops fishery and market recovery
According to a statement by a group of nine UK Fish Producer Organisations, the slump in demand for nephrops due to the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an already precarious over-supply…
The Danish Fishermen’s Association has advised ending nephrops fishing due to the fall in demand
Good news and bad for Danish fishing
With the demand dropping and cold stores filling up, the Danish Fishermen’s Association (DFPO) has recommended that direct fishing for nephrops should stop. ‘Due to the coronavirus crisis, the European…
Irish research vessel Celtic Voyager. Image: Marine Institute
Modelling nephrops populations around Ireland
NUI Galway PhD student Ryan McGeady is a Cullen Fellow at the Marine Institute, working on oceanographic modelling of nephrops populations around Ireland. ‘Over the course of my PhD, I…
New Strandby trawler Jeanne is the result of a collaboration between consultancy ShipCon, the Jobi Værft shipyard and the new boat’s owners
New trawler for Strandby
Jobi Værft in Strandby delivered the new Jeanne FN-462, the latest Danish trawler built to work on langoustine and whitefish on the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat. Jeanne is owned…