After fifty years with its current owners, a Danish trawler is soon to be replaced by a new vessel ordered from the Karstensens yard in Skagen for the partnership of Thomas Hjort Samuelsen and Karl Arne Nielsen. The new trawler is scheduled to be delivered in June 2020.
There was plenty to see during the recent trip to Hirtshals organised by Hampiðjan which took a group of guests to the North Sea Centre’s flume tank. The highlights included a quad-rig trawl setup for shrimp developed by Cosmos Trawl, part of the Hampiðjan Group.
Danish fishing company S107 Skagerak ApS has placed an order for a new 28.05 metre shrimp trawler to be built at Karstensens Skibsværft. The new vessel is part of a merger of two existing operators, and sees a generational shift in the fishing industry taking place as new owners take over a well-established operation.
Vlissingen skipper Henry Caljouw reports that the summer fishery for shrimps has been very good, in spite of the the dire warnings that pulse fishing for flatfish would result in bare fishing grounds.
The first Brussels contest took place yesterday, featuring that tiny queen of Belgian culinary heritage; the famous shrimp croquette. After a blind taste test, the panel made up of culinary journalists and headed by Pierre Wynants reached a verdict and recognised the Fernand Obb Delicatessen as the winner.
A real-time monitoring system launched by Notus is a first in giving shrimper skippers a way of knowing if their gear is on shrimp or not. The Notus Echo is designed to be mounted on a shrimp trawl’s separator grid and sends signals back to the wheelhouse indicating which part of a tow is most productive or if the shrimp catch rate has dropped off.
TCD, the technical division of the Urk Fishermen’s Co-operative VCU, has delivered the first new fishing vessel built in Urk for many years with the completion of a new shrimp trawler for Texel fisherman Erik Kalf.
The unusual name of the latest new trawler to join the Skagen fleet isn’t a spelling mistake – but all the same, it has called for more than a few explanations from skipper and owner Christian Pilegaard.
The Luyt shipyard at Den Oever is today handing over a pair of new shrimp beamers to local skippers. Designed by Luyt, the two trawlers replace older vessels and expect to start fishing this week in the Wadden Zee.
Norway’s Ministry of Fisheries aims to boost shrimp fisheries in the Barents Sea and Minister Per Sandberg has announced that proposals are sought for ways to make this a reality.