Spanish survey on the Grand Banks
Research vessel vessel Vizconde de Eza is on its way from Vigo across the Atlantic to carry out a fisheries research survey on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland on behalf…
North Sea herring quota advice down 22.50%
ICES has recommended a 412,383 tonne quota for North Sea herring next year. The reasoning is that the 2022 year class is considered to have declined. ‘In the stock assessment…
Multipurpose research vessel for Western Australia
Built for the Australia state’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) by Dongara Marine, the new 18.6 metre fisheries research vessel Djildjit Kaartadjiny will undertake fisheries research and…
Marine research vessel for Northern Ireland
A new Skipsteknisk-designed fisheries and oceangraphic research vessel for the Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Belfast will be built at the Astilleros Armón yard in Spain. The new AFBI…
Novel sea lice vaccine research jumps to next stage
A team of experts investigating the potential of a pioneering vaccination against sea lice has secured funding to take its research to the next stage, helping to address one of…
Lyme Bay – Assessing offshore aquaculture’s effects on habitat restoration
Scientists, mussel farmers and fishers on the Devon and Dorset coast are this month beginning tagging work as part of a project using cost-effective and non-destructive remote sampling techniques to…
Peru’s anchovy survey in progress
Research vessels Luis Flores Portugal and IMARPE IV are currently carrying out a survey of the state of the anchovy stock in Peru’s north-central region, gathering data that forms the…
Season in the balance – as capelin marks show up
Iceland’s capelin season is hanging in the balance as the Marine and Freshwater Institute’s advice for a zero-quota fishery this winter still holds. With an acoustic survey still in progress…
New capelin survey underway
A fresh capelin survey is due to start today, with three commercial pelagic vessels sailing with scientific teams on board from Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute The survey is…
Zero quota still on the cards for Iceland’s capelin season
Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute hasn’t changed its advice for a zero-quota capelin season following an acoustic samplig survey carried out this month. Research vessels Árni Friðriksson and Bjarni…