Trawler Photos

An event held in Cape Town has celebrated the registration and certification of freezer trawler Santa Princesa as a significant investment in South Africa’s deep-sea trawl fishery. Acquired by Iberconsa through shipbroker Albino Moran, Santa Princesa replaces Umzabalazo and will catch the allocations of Mayibuye Fishing, Ntshonalanga Fishing and Khoi Qwa Fishing Development Company. The catch handling deck has been completely refurbished for hake fillet production Built in Norway in 1987, the 65.50-metre Santa Princesa has undergone extensive upgrades and refurbishment ahead of beginning operations in South Africa’s trawl fishery for hake, including an extensive modernisaton of its catch-handling deck. It forms… [...]

Icelandic Seamen’s Union, Sjómannasamband Íslands, has passed a motion demanding and challenging the government to conduct a serious investigation into the pricing of pelagic landings in Iceland. ‘There’s an ocean of difference between quayside prices in the Faroes and in Iceland,’ a representative of the Union said. ‘This is not acceptable. Plausible explanations must be given for this difference in prices.’ The Union states that negotiations for agreements should be begun as soon as practical – otherwise the matter will be sent to the state arbitrator. Earlier this year figures were released indicating that the quayside price paid for capelin… [...]