Successful Svalbard shrimp trip
DFFU’s factory trawler Berlin NC-107 has landed its first shrimp trip of the year, landing 390 tonnes in Tromsø after 33 days at sea. ‘We spent the entire trip in…
Heading home from successful Svalbard trip
The last remaining distant waters trawler operating under the UK flag is heading home to Hull with a record 1000 tonnes of mainly haddock and cod fillets in its fishroom,…
Norway’s Supreme Court has ruled that only Norwegian nationals and vessels have an entitlement to catch snow crab on the Norwegian continental shelf. Images: Odd-Børre Humborstad / Institute of Marine Research
Supreme court rules on Svalbard crab fishery
Norway’s supreme court has upheld a decision that denied a Latvian fishing company the right to fish for snow crab on the Svalbard continental shelf. Latvian fishing company SIA North…
EU-Norway political understanding on N-E Arctic
Norway and the EU reached a political understanding in relation to the fisheries in the Northeast Arctic, in ICES subareas 1 and 2 – area which includes the waters around…
Calling on von der Leyen to stand up for the rights of EU fishermen
Every EU fishing company active in the cod fishery in the Barents Sea represented by Europêche and ENAFA has signed an appeal to President of the European Commission Ursula von…
European fishing vessels could permanently lose fishing rights in Norway. Image: Tersan
Europe could lose Norwegian quotas
President of German fishing industry association Deutscher Fischerei-Verband Gero Hocker has warned that if the European Union does bot move to defend the interests of its fishing industry in the…
Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen
Norway and EU in conflict over Svalbard quotas
Norway has branded as unacceptable the EU’s decision to allocate a quota of its own in the Svalbard zone, claiming that this move is contrary to Norway's sovereign rights under…
Longyearbyen pilot Elling Carlsen has completed a 480 nautical mile round trip to pick up pilots from Hinlopen, where Northguider was lost last winter. Image: Port of Longyearbyen
Pilots complete record pickup trip
Pilots from the Port of Longyearbyen in Svalbard are back at home after probably the longest pilot pickup trip to have been carried out anywhere. Pilot Elling Carlsen and the…
