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Samherji sells Margrét to Faroese operator

Icelandic fishing company Samherji has sold pelagic trawler Margrét EA-710 to Faroese fishing company Ango. Margrét was built in Norway in 2008 as Christina S for owners in Fraserburgh and was acquired by Samherji in 2023 when the current Christina S was delivered to the Simpson family. The 72-metre, 15-metre beam Margrét has been delivered to its new owners in the Faroe Islands and has been renamed Ísborg. [...]

Industry welcomes increased mackerel TAC recommendation

The recommendation by ICES of a 352,938-tonne maximum TAC for North-East Atlantic mackerel in 2027 has been welcomed by the pelagic sector. This is more than double the recommendation for the current year. ‘We welcome this news, although there is still a way to go to ensure the mackerel stock builds back to the biomass level associated with achieving Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY). This includes the need to reach a quota shares agreement with all coastal states involved in the fishery,’ commented Ian Gatt, chair of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG). ICES estimates the current Spawning Stock Biomass (SSB)… [...]

Back at sea at the end of the year

Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vesel Barði is alongside in Tórshavn, undergoing some major repairs that are hoped to have it back at sea before the end of the year. Barði had just left the shipyard in June this year to steam back to Iceland when a fire broke out on board. A Faroese Coast Guard vessel attended the scene, and towed Barði back to Tórshavn for the damage to be assessed. It was quickly clear that this would be a serious repair job, and Síldarvinnslan brought mothballed pelagic vessel Bjarni Ólafsson back into service. Since then, Barði’s crew have been fishing for… [...]

EU leaves tuna fleet out in the cold

The European tuna fleet is absent from EU trade impact assessments, according to European industry body Europêche, and socio-economic assessments of major EU tuna trade agreements fail to consider the impact on the European long-distance fishing fleet. ‘The Commission now has a tool designed to flag sustained increases in imports that lead to sharp falls in prices. In tuna, it is already seeing exactly that – including loins and frozen fillets, the products that directly shape the market in which our vessels sell,’ said Europêche Tuna Group President Xavier Leduc. ‘Yet the long-distance fleet itself is not assessed as a distinct… [...]

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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.