Focus on Fishing and Aquaculture

This week’s focus on the global fishing and aquaculture industries is unique in that the lineup of reviewed vessels come exclusively from the fish farm support segment. Four of the vessels are newly delivered wellboats operating in Norway, China, and Chile while the fifth is a landing craft for salmon harvesting operations in the UK.

Trawling • Longlining • Seining • Potting • Aquaculture • Mariculture

We are once again treated to another excerpt from the memoirs of fisheries biologist and Baird Maritime contributor Bob Iversen. With a career spanning over 40 years, Bob possesses a wealth of knowledge and a mastery of detail that is sure to capture the attention of anyone wishing to learn more about the history of Pacific Ocean fisheries from the late 1950s onwards.

Readers are assured that the fishing and aquaculture sectors will continue to be covered regularly and comprehensively on Baird Maritime.

Vessel Reviews:

• Seigull – Large wellboat for Chilean salmon farming company
• Hollie Rose – Versatile landing craft for Scottish Sea Farms
• Njord Pioner – Spanish yard delivers live transporter to Norwegian operator
• Ronja Queen – Sølvtrans places new 3,000-cubic-metre fish transporter into service
• Jinghai 1 Yuye Yangzhi Yunshu Chuan – New Chinese-built wellboat features remote monitoring systems

Features and Opinion:

REMINISCENCES | Dealing with rogue Japanese trawlers

– “Under US fisheries law, ‘planning to fish’ is equivalent to fishing.”

– by Bob Iversen, retired Hawaii fishery biologist

News and Gear:

• Four dead in fishing boat capsizing in Kerala, India
• Fishing Vessel News Roundup | July 13 – Deliveries to European owners plus a new Russian trawler design
• Tariff duty derogations must be granted solely to imported fishery products that meet sustainability criteria, EU fisheries sector reitarates
• EU fishing sector welcomes European Commission’s stance against shark finning
• Two pirate attacks occur on same day in Cameroon waters
• Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for May/June 2023
• EU fishing stakeholders call for more flexible fisheries control rules
• MAIB publishes report on fatal man overboard mishap on Scottish creel fishing boat
• India’s ports ministry beings fishing harbour upgrade works in Thoppumpady

Recent Important Features:

OPINION | State of emergency for Atlantic whales

– “Formerly conservative-minded entities have blindly accepted millions in hush money to go along with the green mafia’s attempt to destroy the United States’ energy independence.”

– by Jim Lovgren, retired commercial fisherman

OPINION | Aquaculture is a global necessity

– “Salmon farming is subjected to excessive scrutiny and criticism despite its outstanding social and economic benefits.”

– by Ken Sumanik

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 July 14), 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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