Fish Handling

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

In the world of industrial hardware, innovation often begins not with a grand announcement, but with a quiet observation. That was the case for Green Pin®, whose entry into the aquaculture sector…

14th August 2025

From Concept to Centrepiece: How Green Pin® Entered the Aquaculture Arena

14th August 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The hull of the new longliner for Austral Fisheries, Austral Odyssey, has been completed in Poland and towed to the Båtbygg yard in Norway for outfitting.

5th August 2025

Australian longliner outfitting in Norway

5th August 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The latest vessel to join the Norwegian pelagic fleet is Havfisk, delivered by the Karstensen yard in Skagen on a hull fabricated by the Karstensen Shipyard Poland in Gdansk.

4th August 2025

New pelagic catcher for Ålesund operator

4th August 2025

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

A deal has been struck between Danish electronics company Vest-El and Dutch fishing technology specialist VCU to supply the solution in Denmark.

24th July 2025

Danish dealer appointed for VCU CatchManagement System

24th July 2025

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Alongside delivering deserved downtime to fishers and the communities they come from, these annual, open-to-all country-wide festivities recognise an industry that has supported countless generations, and which continues to be a global…

8th July 2025

Fishermen’s Day – a celebration of Iceland’s past, present and future

8th July 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Purse seine fishing fleets from Spain and Portugal have jointly achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for Iberian sardines from the Atlantic coast, the first fishery to do so through such an…

8th July 2025

Iberian sardines regain MSC certification

8th July 2025

FISH HANDLING

FISH HANDLING

The development work behind the flexible grid has been conducted by Egersund Trål and the Institute of Marine Research in a project partly funded by the Fisheries and Aquaculture Industry Research Funding…

19th June 2025

Trialling steel grid to replace flexible excluder

19th June 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Handed over just a few weeks after the completion of Prion for the Petrel Fishing Company, which also starting fishing this season, newbuild Argos Berbés has an 85-metre overall length and a…

28th May 2025

Second South Atlantic trawler from Galician yard

28th May 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Faroese fishing company Framherji, Høgaberg has joined the long series of pelagic vessels delivered by the Karstensen yard. Skipper Høgni Hansen took the new purser-trawler to start on blue whiting…

28th May 2025

Høgaberg joins Faroese fleet

28th May 2025

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Hvide Sande Shipyard in Denmark has been contracted to build an innovative fishing vessel for Canadian fishing company Clearwater Seafoods. This 40.9-metre vessel, designed by Norwegian naval architect Skipsteknisk, will fish for…

7th April 2025

Danish yard to build Canadian lobster catcher

7th April 2025