A UK-based supply chain led initiative, focused on driving improvements to the management of the North East Atlantic fisheries for mackerel, herring and blue whiting has been established. The formal…
A new pelagic vessel ordered by Icelandic fishing and processing company Samherji has been successfully launched at Karstensens in Gdynia. According to the company, the hull was ready for launch…
The herring fishery pursued by nine FROM Nord member vessels has been recertified by the MSC. The group of nine trawlers between them land around 2500 tonnes of herring annually.…
Feedback from Swan-Net Gundry (SNG) customers has been highly positive as the company’s new design concept of incorporating more mesh into the side wing panels of pelagic trawls for herring,…
Gøta-based fishing company Varðin has sold pelagic vessel Jupiter to Kollafjörður company Northwest Pelagic in Kollafjørður. Jupiter has been sold without quotas and was expected to be back at sea…
The Zamakona shipyard has started cutting steel for newbuilding NB 799 – which will become the new Gitte Henning. According to the yard, this is going to be a remarkable…
The European Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands reached a coastal states agreement for the monitoring, control and surveillance (MSC) of shared pelagic stocks fisheries in the North-East Atlantic; mackerel,…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Beitir docked in Neskaupstaður, the latest in a series of landings to the company’s fishmeal plants in eastern Iceland. This time Beitir was alongside with the full…
Samherji’s pelagic vessel Margrét spent eight days waiting for blue whiting to appear on fishing grounds south of the Faroe Islands – and then filled up in just two days…
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…