Six fishermen were rescued from a vessel that sank off Spain’s Galicia region on Thursday, March 26. The crew of the Celeiro-based longliner Pico da Lebre issued a ..
Trefjar has delivered a new longliner to fisherman Raymond Bjørkås of Båtsfjord in northern Norway. Named Frøya, the newbuild has a length of 11 metres, a ..
British fisherman David Steven and his two sons David and Alec have recently taken delivery of the multi-purpose fishing vessel Crystal Sea. This newbuild replaces their ..
The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its investigation report into an incident wherein a fishing vessel ran aground in the Shetland ..
The combined longliner and Danish seiner Atlantic was named in Aalesund, Norway on February 1. With a length of 64 metres and beam of 14 metres, the vessel became the ..
After a very lengthy dormant period, it is a pleasure to see strong signs of revival in the fishing and aquaculture boat sectors. It is even more pleasing to see that so ..
For those who have never been there, Fraserburgh is a very traditional northern Scottish fishing town that now also services the oil and gas industry of the North Sea on ..
When Australian shark fishermen Jamie Papas and his father, Jim, decided to invest in a new fishing boat, they took the bold step of having it purpose-built in China – ..
The origin of tonnage for vessels had to do with the number of barrels of wine (tuns) that a boat could transport across the English Channel. Officials measured the ..
About Us
Fishing and its up-and-coming counterpart aquaculture are critical components of the world’s food supply.
Fishing Boat World, launched in 1989, is there to catch all the catching, processing, regulation and enforcement developments affecting this unique industry.
Contact us: fishingboatworld@baird.com.au