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EU Parliament makes strong call to revise Western Med plan

A vote in by the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries vote in favour of a targeted revision of the Multiannual Plan for demersal stocks in the Western Mediterranean makes clear an expectation that management must better reflect the realities of mixed fisheries. MEPs want to see fishing effort rules move away from reliance on the ‘most vulnerable stock’ that triggers choke effects. They also support greater flexibility, including transferring up to 10% of unused fishing effort between years and limiting annual reductions in fishing days to a maximum of 20%. The resolution further calls for socio-economic impacts – including employment,… [...]

Capelin outlook below expectation

Updated catch advice from the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) in Iceland and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) for the upcoming capelin fishing season is just over 105,000 tonnes. This is an initial recommendation which will be superseded by fresh advice following further acoustic surveys in the new year. The advice is based on the results of acoustic surveys on the capelin stock conducted in September, which proved to be significantly below expectations. Due to adverse conditions in the northernmost survey area, full coverage of the stock’s distribution area was not achieved, meaning the stock size is… [...]

Samherji acquires pelagic vessel

Pelagic vessel Bjarni Ólafsson AK-70, which was recently de-mothballed by owners Síldarvinnslan to fill the gap in the company’s fleet left when Barði suffered a serious fire on board, has been sold. Skipper Hjörtur Valsson and chief engineer Daníel Halldórsson in Bjarni Ólafsson’s wheelhouse Bjarni Ólafssson landed its last payload for Síldarvinnslan, 700 tonnes of herring, to the Neskaupstaður procesing plant. The handover to new owners Samherji takes place immediately at the quayside in Neskaupstaður, with skipper Hjörtur Valsson and chief engineer Daníel Halldórsson expecting to head for herring grounds right away. Samherji recently sold pelagic trawler Margrét to a… [...]

Trialling biodegradable trawl netting

During three years of research, the LINC BioMer project developed more than forty formulations for marine-biodegradable and non-ecotoxic trawl netting, before coming up with a variant for testing at sea. The first net panels made in this new biodegradeable netting are now on board Scapêche trawler Manathia for testing under commercial conditions. The new netting going through the autoclave at Le Drezen’s facility in Le Guilvinec The LINC BioMer project was initiated by French fishing gear company Le Drezen and in 2024 this was structured formally under the leadership of Coopération Maritime. During three years of research, ComposiTIC, a technical… [...]

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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.