Category: Commercial Fishing
New pelagic vessel for Samherji. Vilhelm Thorsteinsson EA 11, a new pelagic fishing vessel built especially for Samherji, sailed into Eyjafjördur in Iceland for the first time last week. Vilhelm Thorsteinsson is a large, elegant ...
Danish shipyard orders seawater coolers for Faroe-bound trawler. Danish shipyard Karstensens Skibsværft A/S has awarded Norwegian Hydroniq Coolers a contract to supply its hull-integrated seawater cooling system to a newbuild pelagic trawler that is being ...
Post-Covid symptoms linked to psychiatric and neurological problems. The maritime sector should invest more in supporting the mental health of its seafarers as ships’ crews contend with mounting anxiety over when they are to be ...
Flooding and foundering of the fishing vessel Ocean Quest. MAIB report on the investigation of the flooding and foundering of the fishing vessel Ocean Quest (FR375), 70 miles north-east of Fraserburgh. Summary: On 18 August 2019 ...
£6.1 million Fisheries and Seafood Scheme opens for applications. New scheme launches to provide £6.1 million over the next 12 months to support England’s seafood sector, coastal communities and marine environment. The Marine Management Organisation ...
Ocean Technologies Group spotlights competency. Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) is putting the spotlight on competency management with a series of initiatives to help ship operators and owners choose the right options for their crews and ...
Scottish herring fishermen pioneer new science work. By Dr Steven Mackinson, Chief Scientific Officer, Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association. The importance of scientific sampling to assess the composition of fish stocks and their status has been ...
SW fisheries authority issue shad bycatch reporting guidelines. Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority is now entering the second phase of a bycatch awareness and self-reporting scheme for twaite shad (Alosa fallax) and ...
ATPI Marine & Energy and Qatar airways to open London Stock Exchange during London International Shipping Week 2021. ATPI Marine & Energy (www.atpi.com) today announces a partnership with London International Shipping Week 2021 (LISW21). Co-sponsoring ...
SMT and the University of Gibraltar form collaborative partnership. Stream Marine Training (SMT) and the University of Gibraltar have formed a collaborative partnership to provide MCA approved STCW courses and technical training for maritime students ...
Wavespec announces successful management buyout. Wavespec, as the last technical entity within Braemar Shipping Services PLC, is pleased to announce that it is now under new ownership as a private entity. Wavespec, a leading international ...
Fleet Xpress lands Clearwater Seafoods contract. Agreement with leading Canadian seafood company includes crew internet access and Fleet Care support to secure fishing fleet connectivity off Canada’s east coast. Inmarsat, the world leader in global, ...
Russia increases manufacture of fish refrigerated cargo containers. Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary of the President in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev proposed to expand the programme “quotas in exchange for investments” in ...
Canada strengthens protections for inshore commercial licence holders. The inshore fisheries of Canada’s East Coast are often family-run businesses that drive rural, local, regional, and national economies. In December 2020, Fisheries and Oceans Canada published ...
Crewsaver Supports NY2UK Solo Row Across the North Atlantic with Safety and Survival Equipment Leading Survitec brand Crewsaver is keeping Dave “Dinger” Bell safe on his unassisted solo row across the North Atlantic with an ...
Canada and France reach cod stock agreement. Since 1994, Canada and France (in respect of Saint Pierre and Miquelon) have co-managed fish stocks, including cod in the 3Ps zone off the south coast of Newfoundland ...
Extension to fishing catch limits to provide certainty to industry The Government has today (1 April 2021) announced that it intends to set provisional catch limits for UK-EU shared fish stocks for the remainder of ...
New Fishing for Litter website celebrates ongoing work for cleaner seas. More than fifteen years after the launch of the first Fishing for Litter scheme, a new website is part of a plan to unite ...
Dolphin Safe group accuses Seaspiracy film of false claims. The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) claims the recent Netflix film Seaspiracy falsely claims that the dolphin-safe tuna programme is a conspiracy to benefit the global ...
ISSF Status of the Stocks: 87.6% of Global Tuna Catch Continues to Come from Stocks at Healthy Levels, While 9.6% Require Stronger Management. Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 87.6% of the global catch ...
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