Greenlandic pelagic vessel Polar Ammasak is ready to start fishing after calling at Hampiðjan’s Neskaupstaður net loft to pick up a capelin trawl and codend. Built in 1997 as Eros…
Fishing for capelin has been patchy off the north of Iceland, with capelin only showing during daylight hours and the main migration yet to show itself. With the fishing concentrated…
Icelandic fishing and processing company Skinney-Thinganes has placed an order for a new pelagic trawler/purse seiner. Due to be delivered by Karstensens Skibsværft in Skagen in April 2024, the new…
The Cemre Shipyard in Turkey has launched 86 metre pelagic vessel Sunny Lady for fitting out. This is the second LNG-powered pelagic vessel to be built at the yard, following…
Danish processor Scandic Pelagic recently committed to full landing transparency and installed Marel’s Flowscale to ensure that herring landings are reliable registered. ‘We call our way of handling landings the…
The first landing of capelin of this season to Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður processing plant has been completed. After a difficult start to the season with the capelin sitting deep, below the…
Owners of Shetland pelagic vessel Antarctic II have placed an order with a Spanish shipbuilder for its new pelagic trawler. Fiskebas Fishing Co Ltd has operated since 1986 and its…
Danish fishing gear company Cosmos Trawl has designed and developed a new selectivity device that looks very promising. Ten of these Excluders have been supplied to Danish, Norwegian and Swedish…
The last few weeks have been busy ones for Egersund Ísland, based in the Icelandic east coast port of Eskifjörður, as the anticipation for the coming capelin season grows. In…
The first African retailer to put its weight behind the pressure applied by the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group’s (NAPA) for sustainability in the North-East Atlantic’s pelagic fisheries follows a…