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New Havbryn ready for outfitting

Strand Rederiet’s new freezer trawler Havbryn is a step closer to completion now that the hull has been delivered to Norway. Constructed at Vard’s yard at Braila in Romania, the 80.40-metre, 16.70-metre breadth Havbryn will 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… [...]

Spain and Ireland stand firm on mackerel

Luis Planas and Timmy Dooley, the Spanish and Irish ministers responsible for fisheries, have confirmed their shared stance on mackerel. Spanish and Irish ministers Luis Planas and Timmy Dooley have reaffirmed their shared stance on mackerel The European Union has not reached agreement with the the coastal states – Norway, United Kingdom, Faroe Islands, Iceland – which last year signed an agreement of their own on management of mackerel that falls significantly short of ICES recommendations, while allocating themselves 80% of the mackerel TAC, and leaving just 20% for the EU, Greenland and Russia. According to a statement by the… [...]

Gear recycling initiative in second phase

Building on the original Redes de España (Nets of Spain) pilot initiative to develop routes to recycle end-of-life fishing gear for other purposes, the Redes de España II project is now being kicked off, co-financed by the European Union through the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund. It aims to promote a management system for discarded fishing nets and gear and accelerate their return to the circular economy. Behind the initiative are the Spanish Confederation of Fisheries (CEPESCA), together with the Automotive Technology Center of Galicia (CTAG) and the National Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (FNCP). This project has been developed in… [...]

Sentences passed for eel trafficking offences

The Pau Court of Appeal ruled against a seafood trading operation implicated in glass eel trafficking between 2012 and 2013 – increasing suspended prison sentences previously imposed in 2021 and confirming smuggling offences on the basis of ‘serious and consistent evidence.’ The evidence before the court included discrepancies between declared and verified quantities of glass eels and the concealment of €1,100,000 in small-denomination cash underneath a mattress and in a kitchen cabinet. Investigators identified systematic underreporting, including a 64kg discrepancy discovered in January 2013 between declared quantities and those found in elver ponds in the Landes department – a significant… [...]

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Newbuildings

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.