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Record-breaking Nutaaq cod fishery

Royal Greenland reports that last year it took delivery of 10,000 tonnes of Nutaaq cod. This figure exceeds the previous year’s total by 3000 tonnes. Royal Greenland’s Nutaaq cod venture saw landings of 10,000 tonnes last year The success of this collaboration, in which fish are kept alive on board fishing vessels and held in pens to be collected by live fish carrier Tuneq is such that the company is seeking ways too expand the Nutaaq programme, not least as the cod stock in Greenland is healthy and the demand is strong. ‘The Nutaaq fishery improves our economy and makes… [...]

Tuna seiner trio changes hands

Concarneau tuna operator CFTO has parted with three of its vessels, sold to Omani company Rawanq Al Salam. The three French tuna seiners have been sold to a new owner and will be transferred to the Omani flag The sale of the three Piriou-built sister vessels Drennec, Glenan and Trevignon has been arranged as the P&P-owned CFTO slims down its fleet of tropical tuna purse seiners. This ‘en bloc’ deal between CFTO and Rawanq Al Salam was brokered by Spanish shipbroker Albino Moran, as the sole advisor and shipbroker for both parties. Drennec, Glenan and Trevignon were built in 2006… [...]

Tensions flare as Channel seiners clash

In a strongly-worded letter to France’s Minister of Ecological Transition and Fisheries, President of the Hauts de France region Xavier Bertrand is demanding an immediate investigation into a clash between two fishing vessels in the Straits of Dover this week. The crew of UK-flagged, Urk-owned seine netter Henk Senior are accused of hostile actions towards Boulogne seiner Rose de Cascia in an incident that Xavier Bertrand describes as being ‘of exceptional gravity’ and as crossing a ‘critical threshold.’ The 19-metre Rose de Cascia was built at Padmos for its Boulogne owners Reports are that the 30-metre Henk Senior’s crew grappled… [...]

Canada’s largest fishing vessel arrives home

The new 80-metre trawler built for Baffin Fisheries has arrived in St Johns – a couple of months behind the original schedule. Inuksuk II has been built for Inuit-owned Baffin Fisheries. Images: Baffin Fisheries Inuksuk II has been built at the Tersan yard in Turkey to a Skipsteknisk design for Baffin Fisheries, the Inuit-owned fishing company that is a leading player in northern Canada, harvesting more that 10,000 tonnes of Greenland halibut and shrimp for markets around the world. The new trawler vessel has a processing and freezing deck with two production lines for frozen-at-sea shrimp and groundfish. The modern… [...]

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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.