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Havbryn completes sea trials

Strand Rederiet’s new Havbryn has completed its sea trials as the freezer trawler’s delivery approaches. Constructed at Vard’s yard at Braila in Romania, the 80.40-metre, 16.70-metre breadth Havbryn is to replace a trawler that was built for the company at a Turkish yard in 2013. Based on Vard’s 8 02 design, this new trawler is to be delivered with advanced trawl technology for both demersal and pelagic fishing, an Ice-1A hull, and an efficient H&G processing deck. It has been designed to have fishroom capacity for both refrigerated and chilled catches, as well as ensilage tanks for biomass to be… [...]

Autumn capelin survey underway

This year’s month-long survey of the capelin stock in the Iceland-East Greenland-Jan Mayen area is now underway. These surveys have been conducted since 1978 and underpin scientific advice ahead of the winter capelin fishery. Survey transects of research vessels Tarajoq (red) and Árni Friðriksson (blue) during this year’s autumn capelin survey The 2026 capelin autumn survey commenced on 23rd August and will continue through to the 24th September. This is a joint effort conducted by the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFWI) in Iceland and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR). Greenlandic research vessel Tarajoq began its work last… [...]

Collaboration between science and industry proves its value

A long-standing collaboration between DTU Aqua and the Danish Pelagic Producers Organisation (DPPO) on collecting data on the mackerel stock in the North Sea has developed into an important contribution to the ICES stock assessment. In this year’s survey, around 42% of the total recorded biomass and as much as 63% of the young mackerel were found in the area of the North Sea surveyed by DPPO member vessel Ceton as part of the International Ecosystem Summer Survey in the Nordic Seas (IESSNS). The Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock assessment is based largely on extensive international surveys at sea. Since 2018,… [...]

Ireland wants Iceland’s deal

The Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO) has called on the Irish government to seek a comprehensive review of Ireland’s position within the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), following Iceland’s referendum that resulted in a vote against re-opening EU accession talks that had been on ice since 2013. In the lead-up to the vote, EU fisheries commissioner Costas Kadis and enlargement commissioner Marta Kos had both indicated there was scope for flexibility on CFP rules to accommodate Iceland’s fisheries and agriculture sectors. According to IFPO, this is flexibility successive Irish governments have been told does not exist and exposes the extent… [...]

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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.