Order placed for Antarctic II replacement
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…
Versatile Excluder separates pelagic catches
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…
Pelagic vessel Börkur has shipped a deep purse seine for capelin that was purchased in 2015 – and is now going to be used for the first time. Images: Egersund Ísland
Egersund Ísland gears up for capelin season
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…
SA retailer joins NAPA call for sustainable pelagic fisheries
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…
Coastal states agreement on TACs – not on shares
A meeting in London between delegations from the European Union, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom has resulted in agreement on TACs for…
Pelagic vessel Börkur landing Atlanto-Scandian herring in Neskaupstaður. Image: SVN/Thorgeir Baldursson
Record year for Síldarvinnslan
With a couple of months still to go, 2021 is already a record year for Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður factory. There has has hardly been a break in production since June, with…
Polar Amaroq is searching for capelin north-west of Iceland. Image: Síldarvinnslan/Kristján Már Unnarsson
Searching solo for capelin
Greenlandic pelagic vessel Polar Amaroq is searching for capelin deep north west of Iceland. According to mate Ólafur Sigurðsson, they have been working close to the Greenland-Iceland line, without seeing…
Scottish pelagic sector hits back at Young’s statement
The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) has expressed its ‘deep disappointment’ at a statement issued by Young’s via the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) concerning the ongoing negotiations between…
Coastal States under pressure as they talk pelagic stocks
This week the coastal states with interests in the North-East Atlantic’s pelagic fisheries are meeting in London. The aim is supposed to be to reach agreement on the sustainable exploitation…
Minister signs capelin regulation
Icelandic Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has signed off the regulation licensing a 662,064-tonne capelin fishery for the 2021-22 season. Reached in agreement with the Marine Research Institute, the…
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