A fleet of pelagic vessels is sitting in the grey zone at the southern end of the Faroese EEZ, waiting for the blue whiting to make its usual appearance on…
The new pelagic vessel ordered by Wiseman Fishing Co and Northbay Fishing Co will have a propulsion and power package supplied by technology group Wärtsilä, with equipment due to be…
Hampiðjan’s new net loft in Neskaupstaður work started on 23rd January this year, and is already a hive of activity. Manager Jón Einar Marteinsson is delighted both with the new…
A partnership between the Northbay and Wiseman fishing companies has placed an order for a 75 metre pelagic trawler to be delivered by the Karstensen Shipyard in June 2022. The…
The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative has announced that Peruvian fishing company Tecnológica de Alimentos S.A. (TASA) has joined GSSI as a Funding Partner. The world’s largest producer of fishmeal and…
The owner of a Monterey California fleet uses his Wesmar to fish for squid, sardines, anchovy, and mackerel. ‘We have a hundred times more efficiency using Wesmar sonar. Without it…
The decision by Ireland’s Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) to recently select Killybegs pelagic trawler Genesis to undergo a random but highly controversial type of ‘weighing at point of landing’…
Icelandic company Síldarvinnslan has taken delivery of the first blue whiting of the year caught deep west of Ireland. The first to arrive was Bjarni Ólafsson with 1700 tonnes on…
A reception was held at Bekkjarvik in Norway last weekend with an open ship day for the new pelagic vessel acquired by K. Halstensen AS. The new Slaaterøy is the…
After years of careful design, model trials, actual construction and then fishing trails at sea, Swan Net Gunrdry’s Fast Flow brailer has gone from just one or two boats ‘trying…