Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

The global fishing and aquaculture industry continues its expansion, and we look into some of the recently delivered vessels contributing to that expansion. Our lineup includes trawlers for Russian and UK owners, fish transporters for operators in Norway and the Faroe Islands, and two new hybrid fish farm support workboats for Scottish waters.

Trawling • Longlining • Seining • Potting • Aquaculture • Mariculture

The reviewed vessels’ propulsion systems are also notable for their variety. We see traditional systems utilising conventional marine fuels as well as hybrid systems to ensure lower emissions in line with the global shipping industry’s ever-tightening standards.

This week will also feature a key project under development by partners in the UK and Ireland. Once fully implemented, it will permit larger-scale fish harvesting operations even in areas already occupied by offshore renewable energy structures. It is just one example of how available ocean space can be maximised to offer a much greater number of benefits than what was once possible, as well as an indicator of how the fishing and aquaculture industry is capable of adapting to these changing times.

Vessel Reviews:

• Vseslav – Russian owner adds durable seiner/trawler to fleet
• Inter Atlantic – Versatile fish carrier for Norwegian operator
• Bakkafossur – Hybrid wellboat for Faroese seafood company
• Venture IV – Trawler designed for Western Scottish waters
• Copious – Croatian yard delivers 25m newbuild to Shetland fisher
• Eloise Eslea – Treatment and utility workboats for Scotland’s Inverlussa Marine
• Dmitry Kozharsky – Large-capacity freezer trawler for Russia’s northern waters

Features and Opinion:

FEATURE | UK-Irish partnership developing fish pen concept for use at offshore wind farm sites

– “The project demonstrates how novel flexible structures and inflatable beam elements can allow marine fish production at such offshore ocean locations.”

News and Gear:

• BOOK REVIEW | U.S. Pacific Islanders and the Sea: A History of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (1976 – 2020)
• OBITUARY | John Kerin, Australia’s former Minister of Transport and of Primary Industries
• Fishing Vessel News Roundup | March 22 – Norwegian-owned newbuilds, a fish farm workboat for Scotland and a new trawler design from Lithuania
• Iceland imposes bottom trawling ban in additional areas
• Fishing Vessel News Roundup | March 7 – Russian crab boat’s sea trials plus feed barge and seiner newbuilding orders
• Construction begins on new deep-water quay at Ireland’s Ros an Mhil Fishery Harbour Centre

Recent Important Features:

OPINION | The UN High Seas Treaty: maintaining biodiversity?

– “Controlling all life that dwells within the oceans was a daunting enough task for Poseidon, god of the seas.”

– by Ken Sumanik, IWMC – World Conservation Trust

Remember to come back every day to see the latest news, opinion and vessel reviews!

Call for content!

Any news or views about the global commercial fishing and aquaculture industries? Send it through to [email protected] ASAP (between now and April 7), so we can add it to this current edition of Fishing and Aquaculture Week!

We are after:

• Vessels – Orders, new deliveries, under construction
• Gear – Latest innovations and technology in the fishing/aquaculture sectors
• Interviews – Owners, operators, processors, co-ops, distributors etc.
• Reminiscences – Do you have any exciting, amusing or downright dangerous anecdotes from your time in the fishing world? (example here)
• Other – Any other relevant news

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