ASC concludes summit visit to Vietnam
Participants of the first ASC Summit to take place in Vietnam engaged with responsible farmers of shrimp and pangasius. Seafood buyers from across the globe embarked on a five-day commercial visit…
Gear-mounted camera complements Echo grid
Norwegian shrimp fisherman Arild Karlsen has brought together the functions of the Notus Echo System and an SNTech CatchCam camera to improve the efficiency of his fishing operations and fish more precisely. The Notus Echo…
Slashed shrimp quotas calls for political leadership
‘The sharp reduction of the shrimp quota in the North Sea and Skagerrak is a dramatic one for the entire fishing industry along the coast of the Skagerrak and the…
Emerald called in Hirtshals to collect its Cosmos Trawl shrimp gear. Images: Cosmos Trawl
Emerald heads for home
Faroese factory trawler Emerald, built in Turkey for fishing company Havborg, is heading for home. The 87.50 metre, 18 metre breadth Emerald is a Skipsteknisk ST-119 design, designed as a…
Quota cuts advised for Norwegian shrimp, saithe and coastal cod quotas
The shrimp quota for the Skagerrak and Norskerenna areas is subject to a 47% reduction, according to the recommendations from ICES, while reductions are also advised for saithe and coastal…
Samherji subsidiary shuts down loss-making shrimp production
Shrimp processing in the fishing village of Hólmavík in the north-west of Iceland is coming to an end as Samherji subsidiary Snæfell, which took over the Hólmadrangur shrimp plant in…
Shrimp summit attracts buyers from around the world
Following a successful inaugural of the Shrimp Summit in July 2022, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) are hosting another ASC Shrimp Summit on June 12-14,…
Satisfactory results – despite challenging year
Royal Greenland has announced a pre-tax profit for 2022 of DKK235 million, on a turnover of DKK5.8 billion. Acccording to CEO Susanne Arfelt Rajamand, it’s a satisfactory outcome for a very…
Damen Maaskant has developed a tropical shrimp trawler design that focuses on reduced fuel consumption. Images: Damen
Shrimper design focuses on low fuel consumption
Damen Maaskant has developed a new design intended to support operators in tropical shrimp fisheries in staying profitable. The Damen Shrimp Trawler 2607 is a brand-new design, developed as a…
Marginal increase in Barents Sea shrimp quota advice
Norway’s Institute of Marine Research has recommended that this year’s Barents Sea shrimp quota should not exceed 153,000 tonnes. This represents a 13,000 tonne incrase over the 2022 quota. Despite…