Cleopatra netter goes to Grímsey owners
Fishing company Heimskautssport, run by brothers Sigurður and Jóhannes Henningsson, has taken delivery of a new netter to fish from the island of Grímsey off the north coast of Iceland.…
Piriou launches netter/longliner
Piriou has launched a new 21 metre netter/longliner at the shipyard in Concarneau. Camelys was ordered a year ago by Adrien Delevaud and Armement Coopératif Artisanal Vendéen (ACAV), and the…
Danish yard to build netter/liner for Norwegian owner
Norwegian fishing company Nordsten AS has ordered a gillnetter/longliner to be built at Vestværft in Denmark, with a delivery date in January 2024. The Nordsten vessel will have a 20.99…
Coastal longline systems for Greenland and Norway
Mustad Autoline’s fitters have been busy. A new system has just been fitted to Greenlandic coastal boat Mille Kuka. Mustad Autoline’s market in Greenland is managed by the company’s subsidiary…
Trefjar has delivered the 10.65 metre Tomina to skipper/owner Jimmy Bjorøy
New Cleopatra fishing from Bergen
Trefjar has delivered a new Cleopatra 35 to Norway, and skipper/owner Jimmy Bjorøy has already started fishing with the new Tomina. The 10.65 metre, 11gt Tomina is rigged for netting…
Hallgeir Frøystadvåg and Vidar Danielsen, who is managing the Frøystad AS branch in Honningsvåg. Image: Frøystad AS
Frøystad AS sets up in Honningsvåg
Fishing gear supplier Frøystad AS has extended its network along the Norwegian coast with a new department established in Honningsvåg with Vidar Danielsen managing it and handling sales. ‘By setting…
Emmy being put through its paces before being shipped to Norway. Image: Trefjar
Cleopatra pair for Norway
Trefjar in Hafnarfjörður has completed a pair of almost identical Cleopatra 31 fishing boats for owners in Norway. Emmy has been built for Alsvåg fisherman Trygve Magnus Johnsen and I…
Entêté II replaces an older netter that was lost earlier this year. Image: Avizo Pro Marine
Avizo Pro Marine launches new netter
Noirmoutier fisherman Sylvain Gallais has taken delivery of a new shelterdecked netter built by Avizo Pro Marine. Designed by Nantes naval architect Archi-Delion, the new l'Entêté II replaced Sylvain Gallais’s…
Incentives are being made available under Denmark’s coastal fishing scheme for low-impact gears such as static nets and seine nets
Danish Parliament agrees on low-impact fishing scheme
An agreement has been reached by a broad majority of the Danish Parliament on a coastal fishing scheme which offers advantages for fishing with low-impact gear such as static nets…
Fishing gear deployed by UK vessels in EU waters will have to be retrieved and removed by 2300 on 31st October
Deadline to lift gear before Brexit
The UK authorities have issued a warning to UK fishermen with static gear deployed outside UK waters that they need to move it before the end of October. According to…