Rising to the environmental challenge
A few years ago, Skjervøy fishing company owner Svein Roger Karlsen challenged Naval Consult to come up with an outline for the most environmentally friendly fishing vessel that could be…
ISSF updates tuna purse seine fleet profile
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has updated its Snapshot of Large-Scale Tuna Purse Seine Fishing Fleets report for June 2023. The report shows that approximately 652 vessels defined as large-scale purse-seine (LSPS) vessels…
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Tuna seiner gets Marco deck hardware
A tuna seiner with a chequered career behind it has already been outfitted with deck equipment from Marco, but the vessel’s owners have opted to augment the deck layout. Win…
Seychelles partnership to recycle end-of-life fishing gear
Tuna purse seiner organisations OPAGAC and ORTHONGEL have launched a joint net recycling project with Brikole Ltd, a new local start-up managed by the NGO Sustainability for Seychelles. The Department…
The Spanish tuna fleet invests to optimise sustainability
The Spanish tuna industry group OPAGAC-AGAC has undertaken 28 research projects in the last four years, directly or in collaboration with third parties, to minimise the impacts of the tuna purse seine fishery on the…
New purse seine performs perfectly
As the Icelandic pelagic fleet switches from trawling for capelin in the early part of the season to purse seine gear as the fish gather in tight marks off the…
Pelagic vessel Börkur has shipped a deep purse seine for capelin that was purchased in 2015 – and is now going to be used for the first time. Images: Egersund Ísland
Egersund Ísland gears up for capelin season
The last few weeks have been busy ones for Egersund Ísland, based in the Icelandic east coast port of Eskifjörður, as the anticipation for the coming capelin season grows. In…
Purple Beauty 888 is getting a Marco PB-56 power block
Marco supplies Philippines purser
Marco has supplied a new PB- 56 power block to Frabelle Fishing Corp, one of the leading Philippines fishing operators. The new unit will replace the existing power block on…
Larsnes Mek. Verkste is to build the new Nord-Fugløy to a Skipskompetanse design. Image: Skipskompetanse
New seiner for Norwegian owners
Skipskompetanse has announced a contract for the design of a new fishing vessel to be built by Larsnes Mek. Verksted as the yard’s newbuild no 69. Seine netter/purse seiner Nord-Fugløy is to…
Rav alongside at Hampiðjan Neskaupstaður. Image: Hampiðjan
Saving the season for Norwegian purser
When Norwegian pelagic vessel Rav docked with a badly damaged purse seine, the rest of its capelin season was looking dubious. The gear had been fouled in the net bin…