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,…
Data Collection Programme paves way for further collaboration
It’s remarkable how quickly the Scottish Pelagic Industry-Science Data Collection Programme (SPISDCP) has progressed since the initial feasibility study in 2018, which has now led to data being used in…
Mackerel distribution in Icelandic waters hits low point
Icelandic marine research vessel Árni Friðriksson earlier this month concluded its role in this year’s North Atlantic pelagic survey, alongside Norwegian, Faroese and Danish research institutes. Árni Friðriksson covered 6000…
Shetland’s latest pelagic catcher
Whalsay pelagic operator Fiskebas Fishing Company stayed with the same designer for their new vessel as for the older pelagic catcher it replaces, which was built at Flekkefjord in 2004.…
Richard Williamson skippers Shetland pelagic vessel Research
Sustainability means everything
New SPFA chairman Richard Williamson says that the Scottish pelagic sector has a vital role to play in food security at both a national and a global level, and is…
New Sæbjørn ordered from Skagen yard
Norwegian fishing company Sæbjørn AS has placed an order for a new 69.99-metre combined purse seiner/ pelagic trawler to be built at the Karstensen yard in Skagen, with a September…
Back at sea, in company colours
Vinnslustöðin’s pelagic vessel Gullberg is back at sea after a refit completed at the Slippurinn shipyard in Akureyri, with a young skipper in charge. After leaving the yard, Gullberg made…
Mackerel in Iceland’s EEZ
Predictions that mackerel would not this year migrate into Icelandic waters haven’t come true, according to Barði’s skipper Runólfur Runólfsson, who has just landed 1320 tonnes of mackerel –caught in…
Everything to minimise towing resistance
Ísfell is set to break into the market in Iceland for pelagic gear with its M1771 trawl, with the first set of this new design already on board and ready…
Mapping Med’s pelagic ecosystem
The Medias 2024 survey, designed to examine the Mediterranean’s pelagic ecosystem, has been launched by Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, under the scientific direction of the Spanish Oceanographic…