Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute hasn’t changed its advice for a zero-quota capelin season following an acoustic samplig survey carried out this month. Research vessels Árni Friðriksson and Bjarni…
Síldarvinnslan’s processing plants in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður have been kept busy with a series of heavy blue whiting landings. Börkur docked yesterday, landing part of its 3000 tonne payload to…
Built by G Smyth Boats in Kilkeel, new ring netter Inter-Nos PZ-46 made its delivery trip home to Newlyn to dock in its home port before Christmas. The Maxus Fast…
Norwegian fishing company Liegruppen’s new pelagic trawler Liafjord is steaming home to Norway, having been handed over to its owners by the Cemre Shipyard in Turkey. The 71-metre by 15-metre…
Senior figures in the Irish fishing industry have reacted with alarm and anger to the prospect of a deal that would give Icelandic vessels access to Irish waters – and…
The EU Commission has a track record of rushing deals through just before holiday periods, according to Aodh O Donnell – and it seems it’s ready to strike an agreement…
The collaborative approach now adopted between the pelagic industry and science bodies on data collection represents a major sea-change in fisheries management that sets the standard for others to follow,…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur has delivered the last landing of the year of Icelandic summer-spawning herring to the company’s Neskaupstaður processing plant. The 1570-tonne catch is going for wholefrozen and…
The Karstensen yard in Skagen has delivered new pelagic vessel Ginneton to Fiskebäck fishing company Gifico, owned by the Claeson family. The 63.80-metre, 13.50-metre Ginneton is the third vessel to…
The mackerel season for the Scottish fleet started at the beginning of October and ran through to mid-November, with fishing taking place in the North Sea and east of Shetland. The…