Andrew Locker, skipper and member of the well-known Locker fishing family from Whitby, will take over from Cornish skipper Andrew Pascoe after the Federation’s AGM in 2020. In the meantime,…
Responding to developments in the House of Commons, Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation CEO Seán O’Donoghue said his members and the wider fishing industry is in a heightened state of anxiety about…
Shetland-based Ocean Farm Services went to Norwegian technology company MPI (Multi Pump innovation) to supply net cleaning units for the new joint venture company’s first service vessel. Ocean Farm Services…
Longliner Stormur, which has been tied up in Reykjavík for more than a year, appears to be on the move as a buyer has been reported to have been found…
With a thirty-year career with the Samherji cousins Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson and Kristján Vilhelmsson behind him, the company’s manager in charge of its EU fleet operations has stepped down, fulfilling…
Vigo seafood producer and fishing company Iberconsa has been acquired by Platinum Equity from Spanish equity manager Portobello Capital and affiliates of the company’s founders in a deal due to…
The lack of an agreement so far this year had been a source of concern to Iceland’s industry as much of the blue whiting fishery takes place in Faroese waters,…
The seasonal fishing off the south-west of Iceland has been excellent and HB Grandi’s fresher trawlers have been making good landings. The emphasis has been on fishing good-quality spring season…