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…
Defra seeks input on seine netting
The UK authorities are inviting opinions and input as part of a process that could lead to new technical measures relating to seine netting in English waters that could come…
Mid-Channel demo
French and English fishermen demonstrating to curtail seine netting held a symbolic Mid-Channel meeting earlier this week. A group of fishing vessels from the north of France and the south…
Østerfjord is the sixth Marin Teknikk designed vessel to be built at the Tersan Shipyard
Seiner-Longliner ready to head home to Norway
Norwegian fishing company Østerfjord AS has taken delivery of an innovative combination seine netter and longliner built by the Tersan Shipyard to a Marin Teknikk MT1115 design. Combining these very…
Polarbris will be delivered in August 2023. Images: Karstensens Skibsværft
Norwegian company orders seine netter
With quotas on their hands, a Norwegian company has placed an order with Karstensens Skibsværft in Denmark to build them a new seine netter to take full advantage of the…
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…
Roy Arnfinn Olsen, general manager of new fishing gear company Frøystad Finnsnes AS, with Per Frøystad and reels of Frøystad seine rope. Image: Frøystad AS
Frøystad focuses on seine netting
Norwegian fishing gear supplier Frøystad AS is dividing its activities, establishing a separate company in Finnsnes which will focus on seine net gear while also supplying a range of items…