Category: Commercial Fishing
RFC develops new markets for deep-processed products. The Russian Fishery Company has begun supplying Pollock fillet to the markets of China and Japan. The first contract for the supply of 700 tons of Pollock fillet ...
Please don’t turn your back on our fishermen now – Cormacks Seafood. It has been nearly three weeks since the turn of the clocks into 2021, and the UK became an independent coastal state. In ...
Havyard developing hydrogen zero-emission vessels in new segment. A European player is set to use Havyard’s expertise in hydrogen and maritime technology to develop a new zero-emission ship concept. Europe is devoting extensive resources to ...
Former Shipping Minister to host Seafarers UK’s online Maritime Quiz. Former Maritime Minister, Nusrat Ghani MP, will be hosting the charity, Seafarers UK’s first Maritime Quiz on Thursday 28 January 2021 from 18:00–19:00. Seafarers UK Maritime Quiz tickets are £10 per household and some impressive prizes are available ...
Inmarsat passes 10,000-vessel fleet xpress installation milestone as data demand accelerates maritime digitalisation. With ship data consumption doubling during 2020, Inmarsat launches new ‘Fleet Data Academy’ with partners and shipowners to understand full benefits of ...
Seafarers UK highlights support available for fishers. The charity, Seafarers UK, has helped seafarers and fishers since its origins as the King George’s Fund for Sailors. As the third COVID-19 lockdown endures, the charity continues to ...
New financial support for UK fishing businesses that export to EU. Seafood exporters across the UK will receive government funding of up to £23 million, to support businesses which have been most adversely affected by ...
NGOs Urge The European Parliament to end Secrecy in how Fishing Rules are Enforced 72 civil society organisations from the EU and across the globe have called on Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to ...
NFFO Calls For Additional Quota Allocation The NFFO has written to the Secretary of State, George Eustice, arguing that additional quota secured from the EU should be first and foremost use to address cases where ...
New manager to oversee IPNLF’s activities in St Helena. The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), the non-profit organisation that is committed to developing and supporting responsible one-by-one tuna fisheries and supply chains, has appointed ...
Missing Salmon Alliance goes from strength to strength as two new organisations join. The Missing Salmon Alliance is delighted to welcome two new members, Fisheries Management Scotland and The Rivers Trust. In 2019 a group ...
Dutch measures implemented to prevent bycatch of seals. In 2020, all Cornelis Vrolijk pelagic vessels were equipped with escape panels in our fishing nets in order to prevent bycatch of seals. An article on the Cornelis ...
RFC record level of catch and production of deep processed products in 2020. The Russian Fishery Company caught 323 thousand tons of fish in 2020. This is a record volume for the company. It exceeds ...
NFFO Strong Letter to PM – The NFFO has written in strong terms to the Prime Minister about the Government’s portrayal of the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement as a success on fisheries: Dear Prime ...
SFF view on desperately poor Brexit fisheries deal. SFF chief executive Elspeth Macdonald has today written to the Prime Minister voicing the industry’s anger over the mounting financial losses faced by vessels on top of ...
Russian annual fish catch marginally up. According to the operational data of the sectoral monitoring system of the Russian Federal Agency for Fishery, the total volume of production of aquatic biological resources by all Russian ...
Good start to year for Icelandic trawler. Brim’s fresher trawler Akurey is fishing on Westfjords grounds after landing a 140-145 tonne first trip this year. The catch was landed in Reykjavík last week. Skipper Eiríkur ...
No sign of border obstacles dissipating. With exports of fish and shellfish into the EU impeded by a range of border issues, Defra has formed a new stakeholder group to address the mounting crisis. The ...
Witherbys connects seafarers with launch of online marine library. Witherbys, the maritime publishing experts, has put cyber security, flexible access and increased data at the heart of its new ereader software, Witherby Connect, launched today ...
Praise for Samherji stalwart. Haraldur Grétarsson will resign from the European operations of Samherji Holding ehf. in early April. Mr. Grétarsson has held the position of managing director of the Deutsche Fischfang Union (DFFU) in ...
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