New longliner’s long steam home
The Båtbygg yard in Norway has worked fast to deliver new deep-sea longliner Austral Odyssey to its Australian owners. Conceived as a dedicated longliner to join the Austral Fisheries fleet,…
Reunimer awarded MSC certification for toothfish
Reunion Pêche Australe, a subsidiary of the Reunimer Group, has obtained MSC certification for its Patagonian toothfish fishery operated in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF). This recognition is the…
Ukraine sends researcher to Southern Ocean
As part of its participation in the activities of CCAMLR and as part of bilateral co-operation with Namibia, Ukraine is sending a researcher from the State Fishery Agency’s Institute of…
Argos Helena is scheduled to be delivered in the third quarter of this year. Image: Tersan
Tersan launches longliner for Ervik Havfiske
A new longliner designed by Marin Teknikk for Norwegian fishing company Ervik Havkiske has been floated off at the Tersan yard in Turkey, where it is the yard’s 100th newbuild.…
Cape Arkona leaving Måløy for the long delivery trip to Fremantle on the other side of the world. Image: Austral Fisheries
Austral’s newbuild heads south
The latest addition to the Austral Fisheries fleet, the new Cape Arkona, is heading around the world for Fremantle in Australia after leaving the Båtgygg yard at Måløy in Norway,…
Tersan will deliver the Marin Teknikk-designed longliner to an as yet unnamed customer in September 2021. Image: Marin Teknikk
Antarctic longliner contract goes to Marin Teknikk
The already successful combination of Norwegian naval architect Marin Teknikk and the Tersan Shipyard in Turkey have been selected to build a freezer longliner for an unnamed international customer. The…
The latest SIOFA agreement closes a loophole that had allowed fishing to take place in an under-regulated zone
SIOFA stamps out under-regulated fishing for toothfish
New measures have been adopted by the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement’s Meeting of Parties (SIOFA MoP) in Mauritius last week, which will effectively eliminate under-regulated toothfish operations within the…
Austral Fisheries is warning that there has been an increase in fishing activity on toothfish in the SIOFA area since last year, with large catches taken by two Spanish-flagged vessels. Image: COLTO
Austral issues toothfish warning
Concerns are growing for Patagonian toothfish stocks in the Southern Indian Ocean Fishing Agreement (SIOFA) area as Spanish-flagged vessels fish in under-regulated areas without catch limits, bycatch limits or agreed…
Ecuador has been accepted by CCAML as a non-contracting party co-operating on toothfish management and research. Image: COLTO
Ecuador co-operates with CCAMLR on toothfish
Ecuador’s recognition as a non-contracting party to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources is the result of two years of discussion and consideration by the Commission,…
MSC certification renewed for Kerguelen and Crozet Islands toothfish
The Marine Stewardship Council has renewed its certification of the longline fishery for toothfish that takes place around Kerguelen and the Crozet Islands in the Southern Ocean. The French fishing companies operating in the area have welcomed the fishery’s re-certification.
