One herring season ends – and another begins
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…
Calling time on coastal states’ collaboration
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…
Demands to exclude Norwegian fleet from Irish waters
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,…
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Hákon completes sea trials, ready for delivery
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,…
Lowest mackerel advice in a decade
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…
VSV’s herring season coming to an end
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…
COMAIP represents 11 operators in Dakhla with 25 trawlers and more than 40 processing units
Moroccan pelagic operators adopt ethical charter
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…
Mokstein heads for the Arabian Sea – flag state yet to be confirmed
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…
Mackerel season finished – herring next
The three pelagic vessels operated by Icelandic company Síldarvinnslan, Barði, Beitir and Börkur have finished their mackerel fishery for this year after searching in both international and Icelandic waters with…
Ivashi sardine landings almost double last year’s
The Russian Far East fleet’s catch of ivashi has reached 166,000 tonnes, 82% up on the figure for the same period in 2023. The main fishing area inside Russian EEZ,…