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Commission regrets lack of progress on mackerel

The European Commission has stressed the need for efforts to continue in breaking the deadlock over the North-East Atlantic mackerel fishery, and expressed its regret that the latest round of consulations have failed to make progress. As a chair of the coastal states consultations on mackerel, on On 5-6th March, the EU called for a meeting with a view to continuing discussions towards a comprehensive sharing arrangement and ensuring the sustainable management of this ailing fishery. An EU Commission representative commented that no progress could be made despite prior assurances from several of the parties involved that they would show… [...]

Capelin roe season in full swing

Síldarvinnslan’s plant in Neskaupstaður has seen a string of pelagic vessels delivering capelin catches, with over 6000 tonnes landed over last weekend as the high-value roe season is now fully underway, although a spell of heavy weather has now hit the pause button. Fishing is taking place off the west of Iceland – and the variations in roe maturity indicate more than one migration. Pelagic vessels Börkur and Barði took their catches off the Reykjanes peninsula, and this turned out to hbe 100% mature capelin. ‘We started with a test shot to see what the state of the capelin was.… [...]

Longliner build underway at Russian yard

The keel for a new longliner to be built for Norebo subsidiary JSC YaMSy has been laid at the Otradnoye shipyard. The Project 200101 design is developed by Nautic Rus in collaboration with Norebo’s engineers, and it features the designer’s signature inverted bow arrangement which provides better seakeeping and utilisation of space on board, compared to traditional foreship layouts. The 63-metre LOA, 14-metre breadth longliner design is to have diesel-electric propulsion with a pair of 1200-1500kW gensets and electric motors powering twin 1000kW steerable propellers. Intended to operate in the Russian Far East, the longliner is designed to have a… [...]

Arctic cod shift northwards

A key species across the entire Arctic region is increasingly under pressure due to climate change. A new study of Arctic cod by researchers from the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources documents both a decline and a northward shift in the distribution of the Arctic cod around Greenland since the early 1990s. The findings of their research have been published in Arctic Science and this sets out changes in the abundance and distribution of Arctic cod that have far-reaching consequences for other fish and for seals – and also for human hunting and fishing opportunities. Arctic cod plays a central… [...]

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Newbuildings

New Vessels

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.