Fishing Gear

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