World’s largest longliner fleet adds two new toothfish vessels
Norwegian firm Ervik Havfiske has commissioned the two new longliners from Marin Teknikk, to fish in the Southern Antarctic Ocean
Sources: P&P, Fosun, US investors eye China Fishery assets as Ngs seek to prevent ‘fire sale’
Fishing and investment firms said to have been eyeing Pacific Andes Peru ops, but bankruptcy protection filings mean process is on hold amid restructuring
P&P completes deal for tuna fleet CFTO
Parlevliet & Van der Plas has completed the acquisition of tuna fleet CFTO, with the top two executives of the latter stepping down
LIFO policy change could be disaster for some fishermen
Waiting on the final government decision, management at fishing firm Osprey is questioning its commitment to a new CAD 60m factory freezer vessel
Chinese boats driving Japanese trawlers out of East China Sea
Japanese trawlers are reportedly being squeezed out of the East China Sea by Chinese vessels
Aleutian Spray’s refitted Starbound nearly ready for fishing
Seattle, US-based Aleutian Spray Fisheries is nearly ready to send its newly-refitted pollock factory trawler, Starbound, north to Dutch Harbor in Alaska
Scottish shipyard delivers trawler to Klondyke’s Tait family
MacDuff Shipyards has delivered 'the Rebecca' to Scotland's second-largest quota holder
Argentina closes squid fishing season as dismal landings send prices sky high
Argentine fishermen are hoping authorities may authorize vessels to fish one more time before the season officially ends on Aug. 31, as prices rocket to $2,700/t
Peruvian anchovy stocks healthy as fishing season begins
Peru's anchovy biomass is mature and exceeds minimum limits for fishing as the season gets underway in the center-north fishing area, the country's production ministry said
Peru has stopped being a reliable fishmeal exporter, producers’ association says
Peru has stopped becoming a reliable supplier to the fish feed industry because of volatile production levels from the South American country, producers' association says