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Moonsund pair joins Oman fleet

A pair of pelagic freezer trawlers have been acquired by the growing Rawanq fleet in Oman, and underwent a comprehensive dry dock programme before starting work for their new owners. Al Tidra and Al Asifa during their time out of the water in Las Palmas The two 120-metre Moonsund-class trawlers were built in 1989 at Volkswerft in Stralsund and have until recently been operated by Baltlanta under the Lithuanian flag. Ieva Simonaityte is now Al Tidra and Simonas Daukantas is renamed Al Asifa, as they join another Moonsund trawler, Al Rahma, which was acquired by Rawanq in 2021. Both trawlers… [...]

Momentum towards a more competitive and simplified fisheries policy

Europêche has welcomed a constructive exchange with European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis and the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU, focusing on the urgent reforms needed to strengthen the competitiveness, resilience and long-term sustainability of Europe’s fishing sector. Europêche stressed that while the EU fishing fleet has delivered remarkable environmental progress over the past decade, the current policy framework has failed to achieve its socio-economic objectives. It hopes to see a more balanced fisheries policy that strengthens food security, strategic autonomy and competitiveness while significantly reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens. A constructive exchange took place with… [...]

Stark warning on ocean health

A new study draws on six decades of data shows that plankton abundance is declining across vast swathes of the North East Atlantic – a region covering the Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Norway, and the entirety of the North Sea. ‘The warning is clear: plankton are changing across some of Europe’s most important seas, and those changes matter far beyond the plankton themselves. They affect food webs, fisheries, carbon cycling and the wider benefits people receive from the ocean. The challenge now is to use this evidence to drive practical action, from climate mitigation to better nutrient management and… [...]

Recognising the success of Western Med measures

Speaking at the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries held in Luxembourg, Spain’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Luis Planas has urged the European Commission to recognise the efforts made by the Mediterranean fishing fleet in recent years and the positive results shown by scientific reports on the selectivity measures applied – stating that this carries more weight than the number of fishing days. At the Council of Ministers, the Commission presented its first guidelines for fishing opportunities in 2027. These will be negotiated in the coming months for approval, as is customary, at the December session. Minister… [...]

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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.