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…
Recent graduates from the Fiji Maritime Academy who are trained in by-catch mitigation techniques. Image: Fiji National University (FNU)
Working to reduce by-catch
Tuna is caught by fishermen in Fiji using longlines – which can lead to accidental catches of unwanted species. The Fiji albacore and yellowfin tuna fishery is leading the way in reducing…
Hawaii Longliners get MSC blue tick
The Hawaii Longline Association’s (HLA) is the first fishery in Hawaii to enter the Marine Stewardship Council programme and to achieve certification The Association’s longline vessels’ target species of swordfish…
Cleopatra delivered to Westfjords owners
Fishing company Thórsberg, based in Tálknafjörður in Iceland’s Westfjords, has taken delivery of a new Cleopatra 40BB rigged for longlining. Although not the largest in Trefjar's Cleopatra range, the 40BB…
Support for stranded longliner crew
The Fisheries Agency of Taiwan has arranged support for crews on stranded fishing vessel Chuan I Shin, which ran aground on the Beveridge Reef in Niue, and was later on…