Austral orders new Southern Ocean longliner
One of Australia’s leading fishing companies, Austral Fisheries has placed an order for a new longliner to be built to a Marin Teknikk design at Båtbygg in Norway. The MT1115-L…
Efforts to restore oceanic Gulf of Mexico stocks
The Oceanic Fish Restoration Project, part of restoration in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon, is entering its final stages. The collaborative relationships between fishermen and NOAA that evolved…
Barents Gadus is a standard Cleopatra 36 outfitted for longlining and netting
Barents Gadus delivered to Tana
The latest delivery from Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar is a Cleopatra 36 for skipper Piera Gaup in the north of Norway. Barents Gadus is a standard Cleopatra 36 with 10.99 metre…
Akureyri yard outfits longliner for Canada
Longliner Anna EA-305, operated until recently by Icelandic fishing company Útgerðarfélag Akureyringa, has been acquired by Canadian owners Arctic Alliance Fisheries, and renamed Kiviuq 1. The longliner is expected to…
Maya heads for Honningsvåg
The latest newbuild from Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar is a 10.99 metre Cleopatra 36 for a fisherman in the far north of Norway. Maya has been built for skipper-owner Tom Egil…
Lofoten pair from Trefjar
Icelandic boatbuilder Trefjar has delivered an identical pair of Cleopatra 33s to Norway. Brothers Tom-Kenneth and Kurth-Anders Slettvoll each skipper a boat, operating from Kabelvåg in the Lofoten islands. Ørsvåg…
New multi-role Leinebris
Owners of Norwegian longliner Leinebris have contracted to build a new 64.90 metre LAO, 15 metre beam vessel, with a delivery date in 2025. The Skipsteknisk-designed vessel is to be…
Area closures threaten viability of EU longline fleet
Every scenario modelled by researchers since the adoption of the regulation closing 87 areas of Atlantic waters to demersal fishing shows economic and employment losses, according to European industry body…
Electric longline setup gets thumbs up
After four months of working with an all-electric set of longline deck hardware, the owners and crew of Norwegian longliner Vonar have reported that reduced noise levels and smooth hauling…
Norebo places first longliner order
A subsidiary of Murmansk fishing company Norebo has contracted for the first of four longliners to be built for fishing in Far Eastern waters. The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-based YaMSy JSC has placed…
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