Order for IFREMER research vessel goes to Freire
The Freire Shipyard in Vigo has signed a contract with French ocean research institute IFREMER to build a new research vessel for the French scientific community. This follows a public…
Research vessel for UAE
Spanish shipbuilder Construcciones Navales P. Freire, S.A. (Freire Shipyard) has completed a unique ocean research vessel for the United Arab Emirates. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler’s representative…
Working together to manage Scotland’s pelagic stocks
Scotland’s fishing industry is taking a new hands-on role in collecting the data used to make the annual management decisions on herring, mackerel and blue whiting stocks. The Scottish Government…
This is predicted to be the most advanced research vessel in the Middle East. Images: Freire Shipyard
Freire launches new research vessel for Middle East
A new oceanographic research vessel for the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) has been floated off by Construcciones Navales P Freire in Vigo. The contract for what Abu Dhabi government describes…
Bids for Iceland’s new research vessel
Three bids have been received for the construction of a new research vessel for Iceland's Marine Research Institute, all of them from Spanish shipyards. The process towards the new fisheries…
Ireland’s Marine Institute launches 2021 Stock Book
The Marine Institute has launched the 2021 Stock Book, the annual publication which provides the latest impartial scientific advice on the status of 74 key fish stocks of interest to…
Russia invests in fisheries research capacity
Work at the Nevsky Shipyard has started on the construction of two high-tech research vessels or Russia’s Federal Agency for Fisheries. Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev Federal Agency for Fisheries…
The frequency and intensity of ENSO (El Niño and la Ninã) events appear to have increased in the past two decades. Image: FAO
Assessing El Niño’s impact on fisheries and aquaculture
A new report presents the main regional consequences caused by the five types of the climate pattern. While considerable resources are invested in seasonal forecasts and early-warning systems for food…
Helga María AK-16 will spend three months on a deployment with the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
Helga María heads for Greenland
Icelandic fishing company HB Grandi has leased its fresher trawler Helga María to the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources for a three month deployment with a crew of eleven under…