Greenland halibut

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

“Such a record is both positive and negative. The result shows that the expedition is very effective and is an important contribution to reducing marine litter and ghost fishing,” said expedition leader Gjermund Langedal of the Directorate of Fisheries’ Environment…

18th November 2025

Norwegian clean-up operation sets new records

18th November 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Vigo-based Freire Shipyard has launched new Arctic freezer trawler Saputi II, built for Canadian fishing company Qikiqtaaluk Fisheries Corporation (QFC).

11th September 2025

QFC’s new Arctic freezer trawler Saputi II launched

11th September 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Next year’s Barents Sea cod fishing quotas should be reduced by 31%, which would be its lowest level in over two decades, according to the latest advice from the Joint Russian-Norwegian Arctic Fisheries…

25th June 2024

Huge cod quota cut advised for Barents Sea

25th June 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Owners of Atlantic Enterprise, delivered in late 2023 to the joint-venture between Canadian seafood group Clearwater and Danish fishing company Ocean Prawns, weren’t interested in half-measures when the design of the new…

17th January 2024

New shrimp catcher built to Polar Code standards

17th January 2024

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has launched NB1117, soon to be named Inuksuk II, a factory freezer stern trawler built for Niqitaq Fisheries in Canada.

1st November 2023

Tersan Shipyard launches Canada’s largest trawler

1st November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The focus of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) was sustainable management of key fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic.

26th September 2023

Sustainable measures set for North-West Atlantic fisheries

26th September 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Inuit-owned fishing company Baffin Fisheries has chosen seafood processing equipment supplier Carsoe for the delivery of a complete onboard factory for its new coldwater shrimp and halibut freezer trawler.

4th July 2022

Carsoe for Canadian giant

4th July 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

German fishing company Deutsche Fischfang-Union, the Bremerhaven-based subsidiary of Icelandic operator Samherji, has placed an order worth over NOK500 million with VARD for a factory trawler to be delivered in the second-half…

30th May 2022

New DFFU factory trawler

30th May 2022