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Fishing industry body Seafood New Zealand confirmed a year of zero by-catch of protected species on the jack mackerel fishery (JMA7) with no accidental captures of seabirds, dolphins or other marine mammals. Area 7 is the largest of the jack mackerel fisheries. Jack mackerel is a significant species for New Zealand’s commercial fishing sector, worth over $66 million in export revenue. Image: Seafood NZ. Main image: Sealord ‘It’s such good news and it didn’t come easy. The people operating in this fishery have developed multiple measures over many years to prevent bycatch. They have worked together to understand what works… [...]
After a difficult year in 2023, in terms of both volume and value, albacore tuna has made a welcome reappearance in the port of Keroman. After a slow start in August, almost a month later than usual, the albacore tuna has been providing some respectable results. The port of Keroman (Lorient) expects to see a 1000-tonne season this year – doubling the landing total of last year’s unusually poor fishery. ‘It’s not that landings have been massive or regular, but we were able to stack up several modest landings of 26-metre Irish vessels,’ said Yonel Madec, auction operations manager for… [...]
Built under the government investment quotas programme, two new seine netters for owners in the Russian Far East are at the smaller end of the scale of vessels being built under this initiative. Karaga and Karymai are the third and fourth vessels in a series of six Karaga and Karymai are the third and fourth vessels in the series of six being built for the VI Lenin Collective Farm in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka and are due to be complete before the end of the year. The final two vessels are scheduled to be delivered next year. These 26-45-metre, 8-metre beam, 441kW seine… [...]
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) held a ground-breaking ceremony last week in Honiara to unveil the design and commencement of the construction of a new building complex for its Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre (RFSC). The ceremony at the FFA Headquarters was attended by the Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Hon Jeremiah Manele, fisheries officials from the Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC), and partners involved in the agency’s surveillance work. ‘Our Regional Fisheries Surveillance Centre is a symbol of unity,’ said FFA Director-General Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen. ‘We are so proud of what our [Members] have achieved—in setting up this Centre, in… [...]
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We keep track of new fishing vessels from all over Europe and around the world, in line with the major optimisation of fisheries that has taken place in recent years. We follow shipyards and designers around the world to keep you updated on newbuilds in the fishing industry.