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Sydney based GPM Fisheries Pty Ltd, operator of the ‘Santo Rocco Di Bagnara’ has been convicted and fined $8600 for falsifying catch records about their catch of southern bluefin tuna ...

Two Vietnamese vessels have been apprehended over the weekend in waters off North Queensland for suspected illegal fishing in Australian waters ...

In the course of the working meeting held on March 24 in Moscow the parties discussed the prospects of trade and economic cooperation development between Russia and Malaysia. In particular the Malaysian party expressed its interest in export of fish and sea products to Russia ...

Due to news reports on detection of high ochratoxin level-containing wheat imported from Russia by the Lebanese Ministry of Health we deem it appropriate to inform that no notifications from the Lebanese side were received by the Rosselkhoznadzor ...

The representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture as well as Rosselkhzonadzor specialists also took part in the talks ...

On March 15, during the official visit of Mohammed VI of Morocco to Russia, Sergey Dankvert, Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor, and Aziz Akhannouch, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Fishery, signed the following Interagency Memorandums of Understanding ...

Within the framework of the 65th meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in Geneva negotiations with the representatives of Competent Authorities and missions of India, Vietnam and USA were held ....

We are pleased to advise that we have published our Sortable E-Guide of Russian Company Offshore Quotas 2005-2016.

According to the allocations made by the Directorate of Fisheries for the 2015/16 quota year, HB Grandi’s vessels have a total of 38,661 cod-equivalent tonnes. This is a lower figure than for the previous year when the company had 40,125 cod-equivalent tonnes and its quota share was 10.67%. 

~~‘It’s very quiet. A lot of boats went up north to search for mackerel and although there’s quite a fleet here, there doesn’t appear to be much fishing. We got here today and took one short haul for a hundred tonnes of mackerel,’ said Gudlaugur Jónsson, skipper of Venus.

The quota year ends on the last day of August, and a new quota year is due to start next week. Skippers are now racing to catch what they have left of their 2014-15 quotas and for the trawler fleet that means saithe. Ævar Jóhannesson, skipper of freezer trawler Höfrungur III AK, and his crew have been busy on Westfjords grounds searching for saithe during their current trip...

‘The mackerel have been elusive this trip. The fish seem to have spread out and there have been pelagic boats searching for them all over. Right now we in a position about sixty nautical miles off the coast, just where another boat did well on mackerel last night. But shot away in this morning and it was only after midday that we started to see something in the trawl,’ said Lundey’s skipper Albert Sveinsson just as he was about to haul the last tow of the trip deep off the south-east coast...

The geography of participants of X International Fishery Congress which will be held in Vladivostok on August 26-27 is significantly exceeded. Over 400 applications for participation had been received, when the quota is 300 persons...

Fresher trawler Ásbjörn was due to dock in Reykjavík last night after a trip on Westfjords grounds. Ásbjörn has 130 tonnes of fish in its fishroom, most of it cod...

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A conference call was held on the 5th of August this year between Vasiliy Lavrovsky, Head of the Directorate for Veterinary Inspections in the Framework of the International Cooperation and the WTO, and Head of the Department for International Cooperation in the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China, AQSIQ Zhang Baofeng. The parties discussed crucial issues of cooperation between Russia and China following the minutes of the IV Meeting of the Chinese-Russian Permanent Working Group on Cooperation in Animal and Plant Quarantine and Food Safety carried out in Chungking on the 31st of May, 2015...

The sides discussed a wide range of issues of common interest. In particular, they focused on safety of Russian fishery products exported to the Brazilian food market. They achieved an agreement that the Russian fish-processing plants, willing to export their products to Brazil, will be inspected by the Brazilian experts between the 19th of September and the 4th of October this year...

‘We’re just hauling now after our final and third tow, and we expect to be in Vopnafjördur tonight. If everything works out, we should have around 500 tonnes,’ said Hjalti Einarsson, skipper of Faxi RE, which was in a position on the Hvalbakur grounds off the east coast when we spoke to him...

‘We had some very good fishing the first three days we were in the Russian zone, then we had a winch rotor that needed to be fixed so we had to steam to Kirkenes in Norway to get it repaired. By the time we were back at sea, the fishing had died away and we had to spend some time steaming and searching for fish,’ said Kristinn Gestsson, skipper of factory trawler Therney RE which docked in Reykjavík last Tuesday after a trip in the Barents Sea...

Venus NS is expected to dock this evening or tonight at Vopnafjördur with around 650 tonnes of mackerel on board, caught in four hauls south east of Hvalbak...

HB Grandi’s new pelagic vessel, Víkingur AK, is to be launched soon, with a date set early next month if everything goes according to plan, and the ship is expected to arrive in Iceland in December...

A fault in the main engine has kept Lundey NS away from joining the mackerel fishery for a few days. According to skipper Albert Sveinsson, the engine has just had a complete overhaul, but one of the pistons failed as the engine was started up...

Earlier this week Ingunn AK was handed over to its new owners, Vinnslustöðin í Vestmannaeyjum (VSV) and has been renamed Ísleifur VE...

July 3, a package of Free-Port Vladivostok Bills has been passed with overwhelming support of the State Duma Deputies in its third reading...

Faxi RE arrived at Vopnafjördur Wednesday night with around 200 tonnes of mackerel on board, making this the first mackerel landing of the summer. According to skipper Hjalti Einarsson, the fish were caught in four hauls off the south-east coast...

Fresher trawler Helga María AK docked in Reykjavík Yesterday morning after a five and a half day trip with a catch of 160 tonnes on board. According to skipper Heimir Guðbjörnsson, the bulk of the catch is golden redfish and saithe, and only five tonnes are other species, such as ling and haddock...

The Vice-governor of Primorskiy territory Sergey Nekhayev met the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wen Lian Aquaculture Сo., Ltd.  Qiu Laizhong. The parties discussed the perspectives of investment cooperation in the spheres of aquaculture and tourism...

Venus NS is now landing at Vopnafjördur after docking yesterday with 1800-1900 tonnes of blue whiting on board. This ends HB Grandi’s targeted fishery on blue whiting for the time being...

Today Iceland celebrates a century has passed since women were given the right to vote. The day is being celebrated across the country in a variety of ways. As part of the celebrations, HB Grandi’s entire staff ashore are being given a half day off and the company’s offices will be closed this afternoon...

Faxi RE is on its way home and due to dock in Vopnafjördur on Wednesday morning with around 1050 tonnes of blue whiting on board. Skipper Karl Ferdinandsson said that fishing has been on the slow side this trip...