Batteries and LNG to power new Libas
Salt Ship Design has developed the design for a ground-breaking pelagic vessel for Norwegian company Liafjord, owned by the Lie family. The new battery and LNG-powered vessel will be built in Turkey.
Treport pair from Socarenam
Boulogne shipyard Socarenam has launched two fishing vessels for brothers fishing from Treport, built to the yard’s own design to allow them to switch between demersal trawling, pelagic fishing and seine netting.
Serene hits the water at Nauta yard
A new pelagic trawler for owners in Shetland was launched yesterday at the Newbuilding Division of the Nauta Shiprepair yard in Gdańsk. Serene is to be delivered by Nauta as a partly outfitted vessel, which will be completed at the Karstensen yard at Skagen in Denmark, the shipyard’s first delivery for Shetland owners.
Final trip for veteran freezer trawler
A French factory trawler is now in its final trip for Saint-Malo owners Compagnie des Pêches, leaving last week for fishing grounds off Norway.
Akurey: Stepping into a new century
‘Things are going very well. The ship and its equipment have met all our expectations and to my mind the arrival of these new trawlers is a huge step into a new century,’ said Eiríkur Jónsson, skipper of HB Grandi’s new groundfish trawler Akurey, which is now in its first trip since the catch handling deck and automated fishroom systems were fitted by Skaginn 3X in Akranes.
DFFU christens two trawlers in Cuxhaven
Last weekend two new trawlers that represent an €80 million investment by Samherji’s German subsidiary DFFU were christened at the quayside in Cuxhaven, the first new fishing vessels for the company since 1990.
LIFE congratulates MEPs
Following the overwhelming vote in the European Parliament to ban the use of electric pulse beam trawling, LIFE’s Executive Director, Jerry Percy stated that ‘it is so important to reiterate yet again that our resistance to the use of electric pulse fishing was not based on ‘fake news,’ jealousy between fishermen or NGO dogma.’
‘Emotion wins over science’
As a majority of MEPs voted yesterday in Strasbourg for a complete ban on electric fishing gear in Europe. Durk van Tuinen of the Dutch Fishermen’s Association described the result of the vote as a ‘dramatic outcome.’ He and other representatives of the Dutch industry and fishing communities were present as the vote took place.
Pulse fishing’s future decided today
There have already been angry speeches in Strasbourg, and there will undoubtedly be more before the day is over as the European Parliament is due to decide on the future of pulse fishing.
Pulse fishing outlawed
In a surprise result, the European Parliament has voted for a full ban on electric fishing, and to end pulse fishing entirely.
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