Record mackerel season ends for Westman Islands company
Westman Islands fishing company Ísfélagið reports that its vessels have finished their mackerel season for this year, with most of the catch taken in international waters and only a small…
Norwegian purser joins Peruvian fleet
Equipped with RSW capacity and able to operate without the need for a skiff to deploy its purse seine gear, former Norwegian pelagic vessel Adriana represents a new level of…
Back on blue whiting
As the Icelandic fleet’s mackerel season came to an end, east coast company Síldarvinnslan quickly deployed to of its vessels to fish for blue whiting, with Barði landing 1800 tonnes…
Supercore supercharges self-spreading pelagic gear
The key to the self-spreading properties of Gloria Helix pelagic trawls, Helix rope ensures that the gear opens rapidly as it’s shot away, and is instrumental in maintaining ideal gear…
Mackerel season coming to an end – herring next
The Icelandic fleet’s mackerel fishery for this year is coming to a close. Samherji’s pelagic vessel Margrét has finished its season with a 930-tonne landing to Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður processing plant,…
Quantus arrives at Westcon for outfitting
The new pelagic vessel for owners in Scotland has completed the long delivery trip under tow from the Norse yard in Turkey to the Westcon yard in Norway. Westcon will…
Skagen yard’s latest pelagic catcher
For their new pelagic vessel, the Norwegian owners of Herøyhav returned to the Karstensen yard in Skagen, which had delivered the previous vessel of the same name back in 2013.…
New agreement is basis for real green transition
A broad-based fisheries agreement reached by the Danish Parliament includes a number of initiatives that will support development and innovation in Danish fisheries, and the Danish Pelagic Producers' Organisation (DPPO)…
Pelagic catcher delivered to Norwegian owners
The latest pelagic vessel to join the Norwegian fleet is the 2425 cubic metre capacity pelagic trawler/purse seiner Herøyhav, delivered by the Karstensen yard in Skagen. The ownership of operating…
Norwegian fishermen demand action on displacement by seismic activity
Seismic surveys and fishing have for years co-existed in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea – but for Norwegian pelagic fishermen targeting mackerel and herring, seismic activity is presenting some…
