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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘These seine nets are pure genius, plus there has been heavy fishing all summer,’ said Stefán Egilsson, skipper of Thingeyri seine netter Egill ÍS-77. He is one of a number…