The Icelandic fleet’s summer mackerel season has started well, despite there being few catches in Iceland’s own waters. The pelagic fleet has been fishing in international waters, and east coast…
The Irish flag has been raised on the new Antarctic at the Karstensens Skibsværft yard in Skagen, with several generations of the McHugh family present for the occasion. The youngest…
Norwegian fishing company Sille Marie AS, based in Kristiansand, has placed an order for a 65.90 metre pelagic vessel to be built at Karstensens, with a June 2023 delivery date.…
Applying pressure on Coastal States for concrete action towards collaborative management of blue whiting, mackerel, and herring, NAPA has added the Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) to its supply chain…
Russia’s Federal Fisheries Agency has allocated quotas to Russian companies for fishing in Moroccan waters, as made available under the 2020 bilateral agreement between the two nations. Russian vessels have…
Swedish fishing company Gifico has placed an order for a new 63.80 metre, 13.50 metre breadth pelagic vessel to be built at the Karstensen yard on Skagen, continuing a 45-year…
European fishing industry body Europêche states that the Norwegian government has cynically manipulated the aftermath of Brexit to make a grab for fishing quotas that have long been held by…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur has made the first mackerel landing of the year in Iceland, with 320 tonnes discharged in Neskaupstaður. According to skipper Hjörvar Hjálmarsson, the season has got…
In the past few weeks there has been wide press coverage of Norway's unilateral decision to increase its mackerel quota in excess of the shares that were previously agreed in…
Seventy tonnes of fishing gear from Shetland’s pelagic fleet have been donated to the Oor Bairns Charitable Trust, which takes them apart for recycling and uses the proceeds to help…