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Bay of Biscay winter shutdown to remain in place next year

Speaking at the Assises de la pêche et des produits de la mer conference held in Cherbourg, France’s Minister for the Sea and Fisheries Catherine Chabaud has confirmed that the month-long January-February closure of Bay of Biscay fishing grounds will remain in place next winter. She commented that even with compensation made available, a closure is not the preferred option. Following three years of winter closures, 115 fishing vessels are equipped with cameras, enabling analysis of by-catches, but the full analysis will not be available until later this year. ‘Given the administrative process with the Commission and the potential for… [...]

Heading home from successful Svalbard trip

The last remaining distant waters trawler operating under the UK flag is heading home to Hull with a record 1000 tonnes of mainly haddock and cod fillets in its fishroom, plus fishmeal and fish oil. Operated by UK Fisheries, a subsidiary of Alda Seafood, in turn a part of the Icelandic Samherji group, Kirkella left hull on 14th April and shot away its gear west of Bear Island on 20th April. Kirkella was built in 2018. Images: Jón Steinar Sæmundsson Fishing has been unusually good in these unpredictable northern waters, and after previous tough trips at this time of the… [...]

Poor public understanding of ocean issues

The results of a survey commissioned by the Marine Stewardship Council highlights the woeful lack of knowledge of the world’s oceans among the general public. A fifth of people surveyed were unaware that the Earth’s surface is more ocean than land, and more than a third were unaware that in some places the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is high. While 66% identified that overfishing is more widespread today than it was 50 years ago, 35% wrongly thought fish populations can never recover from overfishing, and a further 26% were unsure. Released on World Ocean Day earlier this month, the insights highlight both… [...]

Training pays off – as crew smother engine room fire

Pelagic vessel Barði drifted for three hours after an engine room fire on board left the vessel without power. The vessel was towed to Tórshavn. Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Barði had been undergoing maintenance work in the Faroes, including a main engine overhaul, and was steaming back to Iceland from the shipyard when the incident ocurred. The delivery crew of five were quickly able to smother the fire. But the vessel was left without power and it is clear that the damage to the engine room is extensive. ‘It seems the origin of the fire was in a fuel pipe on… [...]

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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.