Channel seine netting agreement confirmed
Fishermen’s organisations in France, The Netherlands and Belgium have confirmed that a gentlemen’s agreement to regulate seine netting activity in the eastern part of the English Channel has been reached.…
Seiners for Russian Far East
Built under the government investment quotas programme, two new seine netters for owners in the Russian Far East are at the smaller end of the scale of vessels being built…
Gentlemen’s agreement on Eastern Channel seine netting
Nobody believed it would happen – but it has. An agreement regulating seine netting activity in the Eastern Channel has been reached between French, Dutch and Belgian fishermen and their…
Furuno package for new seiner
The owners of new seiner Jarle Berg, Trond and Børrge Berg, which has been built at the Larsnes Mek Verksted yard, went for a package of electronics from Furuno Norge,…
Sokoch is the second in the series of six small-scale seiners for coastal fishing in Kamchatka
Small-scale seiner delivered to Kamchatka operator
The second in a series of small-scale seine netters has been delivered to the Lenin Fishing Collective Farm in Kamchatka. This follows the delivery of the lead vessel in the…
The 26-metre Apacha is the first in a series of six seine netters
Seine netter for Russian Far East
The first in a series of small seine netters designed to fish for Pacific cod and Alaska pollock has been delivered to the VI Lenin Collective Farm in Russia’s Far…
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…
French industry asks government to intervene on seine netting
Moves towards a long-awaited ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ on seine netting activity in the Eastern Channel have – yet again – come to nothing, and French fishermen are asking for government intervention.…
Larsnes Mek Verksted is to build a unique Seacondödesigned seine netter/fish carrier for Vesterålen company Kystfisk AS. Images: Seacon
Combination seine netter and fish carrier for Norwegian owners
Larsnes Mek Verksted has contracted to build a unique vessel capable of operating as a fishing vessel for whitefish as well as a fish carrier for the aquaculture sector. The…
Large cod susceptible to damage in seine net gear
After extensive trials involving catches from various vessels, Nofima scientists are in no doubt – cod weighing more than eight kilos caught using seine nets are more susceptible to catch-related…