France’s minister responsible for fisheries has signalled his intention to approve a quota exchance request for blue whiting to Poland, with the proviso that exchanges of this nature generate appreciable…
The new 75.40-metre LOA, 16.50-metre breadth Hákon sailed from the Karstensen yard in Skagen in October, and its delivery trip was interrupted with a stopover in the Faroes to deal…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels have landed their last payloads of Atlanto-Scandian herring for this year, and fishing for summer-spawning herring has begun off the west of Iceland. The last landing of…
Confirming a two-year extension to its innovative Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs), emphasising the urgent need for responsible management of pelagic fisheries, the NAPA consortium is retailers and supply chain businesses…
Irish fish producers have issued a call to ban Norway from fishing in Irish waters, stating that Norway’s overfishing is the main reason behind the 22% reduction in mackerel quotas,…
The Karstensen yard in Skagen is putting the finishing touches to the new Hákon ThH-250, the latest pelagic vessel to be delivered to Icelandic owners. The customer is Gjögur hf,…
ICES has presented its recommendations for 2025 for the main north Atlantic pelagic fisheries – and the advice for next year’s mackerel fishery is the lowest in ten years. ICES…
The pelagic vessels operated by Westman Islands company Vinnslustöðin have been on herring recently, but their season is now coming to an end. Sighvatur Bjarnason has made its last landing…
The Moroccan Confederation of Industrial Pelagic Fishing Shipowners (COMAIP) held an extraordinary general assembly in Rabat earlier this month, when the board unanimously adopted an ethical charter focused on the…
Norwegian-registered pelagic vessel Mokstein (former Icelandic Lundey) is on its way to the Arabian Sea to try fishing for mesopelagic species, although some bureuacratic loose ends still need to be…