Fishing Gear

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

For a relatively new player in the winch business, Norwegian company Evotec has been quickly turning into a leader – and has recently announced a couple of prestigious new contracts.

20th December 2023

Evotec scores fishing newbuild orders

20th December 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Under an initiative by New Zealand fishing company Sealord and Nelson-based fishing gear supplier Motueka Nets, fishing gear that has reached the end of its useful life is being routed to recycling…

14th December 2023

Less plastic landfill as fishing gear goes for recycling

14th December 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

With 37,000 metres of nets retrieved from fishing grounds, in addition to thousands of metres of lines, ropes and warps, this year’s seabed clean-up operation by the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has…

12th December 2023

Norway’s fishing gear clean-up breaks records

12th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

“The first E-Line hauling system went through a very long trial period onboard Loran, and after eight months in daily operations making sure we could be confident that it was right. Ståle…

31st October 2023

Coastal longlining going electric

31st October 2023

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norwegian-headquartered marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime and Turkish electrical solution provider BMA Technology have formed a strategic collaboration alliance to support the supply of low voltage electrical products and engineering services to…

18th October 2023

Kongsberg, BMA team up on Turkish newbuild solutions

18th October 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Norway/Uruguay-based Pesquera Azul believes its successful trial of a new catch protection cage in whale-infested waters in the southern Indian Ocean could be a potential game-changer for the longline fishing industry as…

22nd September 2023

Longline company lauds new whale depredation solution

22nd September 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

France’s Morgère SAS has developed a versatile new trawl door called “Champion”, which the company describes as one of the most powerful demersal doors on the market, offering the benefits of a…

12th September 2023

New Champion for demersal fishers

12th September 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Seattle trawler Storm Petrel has finished its first trips using a pair of Tornado pelagic trawl doors from Vónin. Skipper Acácio DoMar has been impressed with how the new doors have handled.

2nd August 2023

Vónin’s Tornado doors make Bering Sea debut

2nd August 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The 100th mTrack unit is going to Kaharoa II, the new research vessel being built for New Zealand research institute NIWA.

25th May 2023

100th mTrack goes to NIWA research vessel

25th May 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Based within the Iceland Ocean Cluster on the quayside in Reykjavík, start-up company Optitog has been making steady progress in developing new concepts of shrimp gear to improve the profitability of this…

22nd May 2023

Fishing with light – the next generation

22nd May 2023

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Technical fibre manufacturer Garware has hired three executives to help strengthen its international teams in Norway, Chile and southern Europe.

19th April 2023

Garware appoints new executives

19th April 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

New Stødig under construction at the Karstensen yard in Skagen for Norwegian owners Asbjørn Selsbane is getting a full set of shrimp trawl gear from Vónin.

1st March 2023

Stødig opts for Vónin

1st March 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

European fishing industry trade body Europêche has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Innomar AS, a pioneering company that provides ocean technology for fisheries, aquaculture, ocean data and marine operations. 

11th January 2023

Europêche–Innomar MOU

11th January 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Spanish technology company Satlink has launched a new circular economy programme that repurposes lost gear that has been developed for sustainable fishing.

15th December 2022

Gear second life launch

15th December 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The development of Vónin’s Falcon and Falcon+ pelagic trawls has echoed the evolution of the mackerel fishery over recent years, most recently with the Faroese fleet switching to this type of gear…

26th September 2022

Fast, flexible pelagic trawls

26th September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

It has taken a few years, and the pandemic that temporarily brought travel to a halt didn’t help in the development process, but the extended test phase for Thyborøn Trawldoor’s fully controllable…

22nd September 2022

Full-control Bluestreams

22nd September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Using technology from Scantrol and Deep Vision, Norwegian company Ava Ocean will start a project later this year that will seek to sustainably harvest scallops from the Barents Sea.

21st September 2022

Tech-enabled scalloping

21st September 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

VARD shipbuilding group has contracted TMC Compressors (TMC) to supply an energy efficient marine compressed air system to a stern trawler being built for Norwegian fishing company Nergård Havfiske. 

21st September 2022

VARD’s greener newbuild

21st September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Trawl doors from Morgère have undergone a makeover and now feature a vibrant yellow livery, which the French company maintains will ensure enhanced visibility for fishing operations at night, thereby making them safer.

16th September 2022

Morgère’s new look

16th September 2022

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Guðmundur Gunnarsson accepted the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition’s Outstanding Achievement award for his contributions to the development of fishing gear – and a few days later he was decorated by President of Iceland…

27th July 2022

Recognition of a 50-year career

27th July 2022