Fishing Gear

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 and alternative uses instead of heading for landfill.

14th December 2023

Less plastic landfill as fishing gear goes for recycling

14th December 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 it grapples with the challenge of whale depredation.

22nd September 2023

Longline company lauds new whale depredation solution

22nd September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The US Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the next steps to conserve and recover endangered North Atlantic right whales with US$82 million in funding…

19th September 2023

Biden administration gives $82m for right whale conservation

19th September 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

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A Dutch company owned by Baldvin Thorsteinsson has reached an agreement on buying the assets of Alda Seafood Holding and will therefore acquire the foreign operations of Samherji Holding. 

3rd January 2023

Samherji foreign ops sale

3rd January 2023

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway opened the latest edition of the Nor-Fishing exhibition in Trondheim on 23 August 2022. 

23rd August 2022

Nor-Fishing’s royal support

23rd August 2022