Relaxing regulations to boost Barents Sea shrimping
The Norwegian government is clearing the way for dispensations for fishroom capacity restrictions for shrimpers.
Seiner/trawler for northern Norway
A new seine netter/trawler built in Poland for Norwegian owners is the latest development for a family-run fishing company in the north of Norway.
A deck load of shrimp
A deck load of shrimp is not something you are generally prepared for. Just ask Buddy King of the 78-foot Pacific Hooker fishing from Brookings, Oregon, who has been using Wesmar’s new dual stabilised beam HD860-60kHz sonar in the shrimp fishery off the California, Oregon, and Washington coasts.
Baffin Fisheries plans new 75m trawler
Baffin Fisheries has announced its intention to build a new trawler to fish halibut and shrimp in Arctic waters close to Nunavut. The planned 75m LOA by 17 metre beam trawler will have a 1200 tonne hold capacity and will be double the size of the largest vessel currently operating from Nunavut.
Formality error to end shrimp trip
A Norwegian shrimp is currently at anchor in Murmansk after being escorted there by Russian Coastguards following a routine inspection at sea last week.
Carsoe wins complete shrimp factory order
Niisa Trawl’s new trawler, under construction at the Metalships & Docks yard at Vigo in Spain is due to start fishing by the end of 2018 and will be sailing with a Carsoe factory deck.
Royal Greenland pair to be built in Spain
An order for a pair of 82 metre factory trawlers has been placed with the Astilleros de Murueta yard in Spain by Royal Greenland. The two are not identical, with one to be built for shrimping and the other to target groundfish.
New Svend C calls in Faroes
The Tersan Shipyard at Yalova in Turkey has delivered a new shrimp factory trawler to owners Sikuaq Trawl in Greenland.
Skipsteknisk to design new Regina C
Norwegian naval architect Skipsteknisk AS has secured the design contract for a new arctic factory freezer trawler for owners in Greenland, with the new trawler to be built at the Metalships & Docks yard in Spain.
Exchange rate and Brexit hit Icelandic producers
Shrimp processor Kampi, based in north-western Iceland, has had no choice but to make seven of its 40 staff redundant, attributing the need to do this to the strengthening of the Icelandic currency, combined with the effects of the UK’s Brexit referendum.
