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…
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…
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…
Opening career pathways and providing equal opportunities for women is the focus of a world-first initiative that has seen an all-female deck crew set off on their first fishing trip…
Galicia’s Minister of the Sea Rosa Quintana has welcomed the Pescaenverde certification awarded to the Port of Burela PO’s (OPP-7) demersal longline fleet. According to the government of Galicia, this…
As part of an annual ghost gear removal competition project in 2021, the Azores fleet has removed more plastic fishing gear from the ocean, by weight, than it lost on…
Mustad Autoline’s fitters have been busy. A new system has just been fitted to Greenlandic coastal boat Mille Kuka. Mustad Autoline’s market in Greenland is managed by the company’s subsidiary…
The owner of a New Zealand longliner has been hit with some heavy financial penalties after deliberately ensuring the required observer was left behind - and making a repeat visit…
Trefjar has delivered a new Cleopatra 36B longliner to owners in Vardø in the north of Norway. Østkapp has been delivered to Brynjar Bangsund, who also sails as the new…
Norwegian fishing company Finnøy Fiskeriselskap has taken the decision to re-equip longliner Vonar with all-new deck equipment from Mustad. Vonar’s current hydraulic system is to be replaced with electrical equipment.…