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I-VMS licensing in force for English under-12m fleet

On 12th May 2025, a new licence condition came into force requiring that English licensed under-12m vessels must now have installed a functioning type-approved I-VMS device that transmits data during a trip to sea. These are designed to capture and transmit positional data, as well as reporting device ID, date, time and changes in events such as battery status and data stored. ‘This data will provide valuable insights to the activities of the inshore fleet which, when combined with other data such as that collected by VMS for the over-12m fleet, will give a more complete picture of all activity… [...]

Switching over for mackerel

Two of Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessels have made their last landings of blue whiting for the time being and are alongside to fit out for the coming mackerel season. Börkur landed 3200 tonnes of blue whiting at the weekend, caught in a trip in the Faroese zone. ‘We were north-east of the Faroes and had this in eight hauls of between 250 and 600 tonnes for tows of 10 to 17 hours,’ said skipper Hálfdan Hálfdanarson, and commented that they were fishing alongside Faroese, Norwegian and Russiam vessels, as well as Greenlandic pelagic vessel Polar Amaroq. Barði finished the blue whiting… [...]

Havfisk heads home to Ålesund

New pelagic vessel Havfisk was due to dock in its home port of Ålesund this morning, following the delivery trip from Skagen in Denmark, where the newbuild was completed on a hull fabricated by Karstensen Shipyard Poland in Gdansk. Havfisk’s wheelhouse has three control positions facing the bank of Furuno Blue Bridge screens This new vessel is the latest chapter in a long cooperation between the Karstensen yard and Henning Veibust of Veibust Fiskeriselskap, which operates three pelagic vessels. This began with an extensive conversion job on Havstål, followed by the delivery of the new Havskjer in early 2021. It… [...]

Profand vessels attain BSP certification

Spanish-owned multinational Profand, with presence in twelve countries, has successfully certified its Argentinian fleet of squid and shrimp vessels to the Best Seafood Practices (BSP) Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS). ‘The protection and respect for human and labour rights is one of the fundamental pillars of our strategy; this recognition is the result of a collective effort, of much dedication and teamwork, and it allows us to continue demonstrating that we are aligned with the highest standards of social and operational responsibility in the fishing sector, which reinforces our commitment to an ethical and responsible supply chain,’ said Antonio Álvarez,… [...]

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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.