Hooked on longline

Workshop on longlining

Longlining is used worldwide and has adapted to local fish stocks, economy and traditions. Longlining is energy efficient compared to other fishing methods and longlinecaught fish is often of high quality. Longlining avoids both ghost fishing and damages to the sea bed. Thus, the fish processing industry often prefers longline-caught fish, which is also of higher value in certain consumer markets.

However, higher costs, lower catch efficiency and the use of expensive bait are associated with longlining as are problems with size and species selectivity and unwanted by-catch.

Further development of longlining is of interest, both for governments and the industry. Therefore, Faroese, Icelandic and Norwegian scientific institutions invite to a workshop in Reykjavík to address the challenges facing longline fisheries.

The objective is to channel information from the participants to the scientific community on the potential problems to address in future research and development projects. Also, an international association of interested parties will be formed.

For more information, you can download the program.

To sign up, contact:

Jónas Rúnar Viðarsson
Matís, Reykjavík, Iceland
Phone: +354 422 5107
E-mail: jonas.r.vidarsson@matis.is