DPPO develops new ETP species excluder
A selection device for pelagic fisheries is being developed as a collaborative effort between the Danish Pelagic PO, Egersund Trawl DK and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR), co-funded…
Towards a more sustainable snow crab fishery
Researchers at the University of Tromsø have tested escape openings that allow undersized snow crab to escape from fishing gear – a straightforward measure that can contribute to more efficient…
Kiwi codend comes to Europe
The innovative codend concept that has been through a long development process in New Zealand by Precision Seafood Harvesting has come to Europe and researchers at Wageningen Marine Research have…
More sustainable king crab fishing
The solution is as simple as it is effective – doubling the number of escape holes from four to eight to catch larger male crabs while the smaller and female…
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Flexible excluder could replace rigid sorting grid
A flexible grid tested on board Norwegian pelagic trawler Cetus looks promising after being tried out for two trips on Norway pout. The development work has been done by Egersund…
Ministry confirms subsidies for western Med gear adjustment
Spain’s Secretary General for Fisheries Isabel Artime has held meetings with autonomous communities and the representatives of the Mediterranean fishing sector to discuss measures to be adopted relating to demersal…
Spanish government to meet mesh size change costs
The government of Spain is seeking state aid for fishermen to adapt to regulations in Mediterranean waters that set out a change on codend mesh sizes. Despite strong lobbying by…
New selectivity requirements for Baltic trawl gears
Legislation is going through designed to reduce by-catches of cod in Baltic flatfish fisheries. Fishermen have until April next year to adapt to the new standard and will have access…
Smart buoys to boost selection in tuna fisheries
The Spanish tuna fleet is launching project SelecTuna, a pioneering initiative will deploy more than 1500 smart buoys from tech company Satlink in the three oceans where tropical tuna is…
Using AI to revolutionise beam trawling
A groundbreaking underwater fish-sorting system has been tested on board research vessel Simon Stevin in collaboration with ILVOO Oostende, and innovation company Marelec is satisfied with the successful outcome of…
