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Nofir hits fishing gear recycling record

Norwegian recycler Nofir last year broke its own records for recycling end-of-life fishing and aquaculture gear. In total, Nofir collected 10,298 tonnes of discarded gear from the fishing and aquaculture industry over the course of last year – the company’s biggest year to date. ‘10,000 tonnes in a year has long been a major aim. We are delighted to have finally reached this milestone’ said Nofir CEO Øistein Aleksandersen. Nofir CEO Øistein Aleksandersen is delighted with last year’s figures Of the total collected in 2025, 8042 tonnes –more than three quarters – went to material recycling. Compared to the previous… [...]

Latest crabber for NWFC

The latest in a series of crabber for the North-West Fishing Consortium has been handed over to its owners. Built to the same design as Vaigach, which was delivered in 2022, Kildin has a 61.90-metre overal length and a 15-metre beam, and has been built under the Russian government’s investment quotas programme. Kildin was constructed at the Krasnoe Sormovo yard, part of Russian shipbuilding giant USC, at the facility in Nizhny Novgorod, before being transferred to St Petersburg at the end of last year for outfitting and test runs in the Baltic. It is built to operate in Arctic water… [...]

New pelagic vessel heads home

A new 75-metre, 16.50-metre breadth pelagic vessel with a 2425 cubic metre tank capacity is on its way home to Iceland, following the formal handover at the Karstensen yard in Skagen. Ásgrímur Halldórsson has been built for Skinney-Thinganes to a Karstensen design Ásgrímur Halldórsson SF-250 is due to arrive in Hornafjörður on Saturday. The new vessel has been built for fishing company Skinney-Thinganes. Like almost every Karstensen newbuild, this new purser-trawler is built to the yard’s own design, which has been tailored for minimal draught. The 6.50-metre draught is required to cope with the Hornafjörður harbour entrance. The contracts for… [...]

EU and Mediterranean neighbours share commitment

The European Union and Mediterranean countries have made a fresh committment to cooperation to rebuild Mediterranean fish stocks, agreeing to adopt a new MedFish4Ever Declaration in 2027. Theis new declaration will set an ambitious course for the next decade of action on Mediterranean fisheries and aquaculture, building on the cooperation framework established in 2017. The commitment was taken at a Ministerial Conference held in Nicosia, co-organised by the European Commission and the Republic of Cyprus. Since the original declaration was signed in 2017 by sixteen Mediterranean nations and the European Commission, half of Mediterranean fish stocks have started to recover. Where… [...]

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Keep a close eye on the industry with our daily updates. The fishing industry is developing rapidly
all the time, with innovations reaching the market all the time. We track and monitor these developments and bring them to you as they happen to keep you updated. We’re also watching the industry’s steadily evolving politics with the constant demands for fishing to be greener and cleaner – keeping track of the industry landscape as it changes.
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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.