First female longliner crew sets course
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…
Burela’s longliners get ecolabel certification
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…
APASA vessels retrieved 452kg of plastic marine waste from June to September last year
World’s first plastic neutral fishery
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…
Coastal longline systems for Greenland and Norway
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…
Leaving the observer behind – an expensive mistake
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…
New Cleopatra for Vardø
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…
Longliner going electric
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.…
Østerfjord is the sixth Marin Teknikk designed vessel to be built at the Tersan Shipyard
Seiner-Longliner ready to head home to Norway
Norwegian fishing company Østerfjord AS has taken delivery of an innovative combination seine netter and longliner built by the Tersan Shipyard to a Marin Teknikk MT1115 design. Combining these very…
Hydrogen-powered longliner on the drawing board
Norwegian fishing company Loran is planning to build a revolutionary longliner capable of reducing fossil fuel consumption by 40%, in addition to which the new Loran will be prepared for…
Award winner delivers quality
Kjøllefjord skipper-owner Daniel Lauritzen was taken by surprise to find out that he had been named as the Norwegian Fishermen’s Association’s Quality Fisherman of the Year. He runs the 10.98…