Pelagic

New Lunar Bow from Karstensens

Post published:12/10/2017
Post category:Fishing Newbuild

The Buchan family has signed a contract with the Karstensens shipyard in Skagen for a new pelagic vessel to be delivered in January 2020, replacing a vessel built in 2008.

Gitte Henning leaves Poland for Norway

Post published:08/10/2017
Post category:Fishing Newbuild

What will become Denmark’s largest fishing vessel is on its way from the Crist Shipyard in Poland for fitting out at the Kleven Mykelbust yard in Norway.

Big bags and big tensions on blue whiting

Post published:28/09/2017
Post category:Fish Species Fishing

The springtime blue whiting fishery that takes place west of the British Isles is notorious for the strains it places on fishing gear.

Pelagic first in Iceland

Post published:23/09/2017
Post category:Fish Species Fishing

Icelandic pelagic vessel Börkur has landed purse seine-caught mackerel for the first time, with 630 tonnes of mackerel caught in international waters 280 nautical miles offshore, and close to the Faroese line.

Vónin; Everything’s bigger

Post published:06/09/2017
Post category:Fishing

This isn’t the first time Vónin has outgrown its home, managing director Hjalmar Petersen said. The company built a net loft for demersal production in Tórshavn in 2005, as well as in Greenland and Lithuania in 2014 – now it’s time for Vónin’s headquarters to follow.

Westcon to build new Gunnar Langva

Post published:30/08/2017
Post category:Fishing Newbuild

A new Gunnar Langva will join the Norwegian fleet in 2019. This is a replacement for the 2003-built vessel of the same name and the owners have gone back to the same yard and designer for their new purse seiner/pelagic trawler.

Zephyr goes Norwegian for new pelagic trawler

Post published:29/08/2017
Post category:Fishing Newbuild

The Lerwick-based Zephyr Fishing Company has signed a contract with Larsnes Mekansiske Verksted for a new pelagic vessel to be built to a Skipsteknisk ST-125 design.

Grateful delivered by Karstensens

Post published:16/08/2017
Post category:Fishing Newbuild

The Karstensens yard’s latest delivery is a 70m pelagic vessel for Fraserburgh owners with a history going back more than a century. Grateful FR-249 replaces the 64 metre Forever Grateful, which was sold in 2016 and is now fishing as Trygvason for its Norwegian owners.