Fishing Vessel – Greek Purse Seiner AGIOS GEORGIOS at Malta – October 2024
One of the vessels that was rescued by the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) due to water ingress was the 1997 built Greek purse seiner AGIOS GEORGIOS and had to berth at the West Quay of Malta Freeport in the early hours of Wednesday 9th October passing Marsaxlokk Harbour breakwaters at 0527 hrs. On Friday […]
BFT Season 2024 – First Moroccan fishing vessel at Malta – 27.05.2024
On Monday 27th May, 2024 the first Moroccan fishing vessel to enter Grand Harbour, Malta was the Spanish built purse seiner MIMOUNA 1 bearing fishing matricola as 12-122 with radio call sign as CNA 6020 passing breakwaters at 0837 hrs. She was built by Astafersa at Ferrol, Spain as the Spanish Purse Seiner AITA FRAXKU […]
BFT Season 2024 – 4 Turkish Purse Seiners at Valletta, Malta – 25.05.2024
The eastern bluefin (BFT) migration has supported valuable fisheries in the Mediterranean since antiquity. Initially based on hand lines and beach seines, these fisheries were dominated after the 16th century by tuna cages placed in the path of migrating tuna. After the expansion of purse seines and longlines in the Atlantic (in the 1950s) and […]
BFT Season 2024 – First 2 Italian Fishing Vessels at Malta – 19.04.2024
The eastern bluefin (BFT) migration has supported valuable fisheries in the Mediterranean since antiquity. Initially based on hand lines and beach seines, these fisheries were dominated after the 16th century by tuna cages placed in the path of migrating tuna. After the expansion of purse seines and longlines in the Atlantic (in the 1950s) and […]
Fishing Vessels – Greek Purse Seiner APOLLON 01
One of the few Greek fishing vessels that used to be seen during the Blue Fin Tuna (BFT) Season was the 1986 built purse seiner APOLLON 01. She was built in Greece in 1986 with a length (loa) of 23.90 m , beam of 6.20 m and maximum draft of 3,30 m. She’s homeported at […]
Fishing Vessels – Italian purse seiner S. RAFFAELE
One of the Italian purse seiner that used to be seen during the Blue Fin Tuna (BFT) Season was the 1974 built S.RAFFAELE which on radio vhf she was called as SAN RAFFAELE. She was built at Cantieri Navali Codecasa at Viareggio with yard number F23 as S.RAFFAELE for Cooperativa S. Michele based at Cetara, […]
Casualties – Algerian Purse Seiner YOUNES II sank – April, 2018
On Tuesday 3rd April, 2018, the Algerian tuna purse seiner YOUNES II launched an SOS message to her sister YOUNES I, of which she did not assist her for unknown reasons. YOUNES I was able to return to the Tunisian coast to berth in Bizerte, unlike her sistership YOUNES II which disappeared 20 miles north […]
BFT Season 2023 – 2021 built French OPV for Fisheries Patrol
The eastern bluefin (BFT) migration has supported valuable fisheries in the Mediterranean since antiquity. Initially based on hand lines and beach seines, these fisheries were dominated after the 16th century by tuna cages placed in the path of migrating tuna. After the expansion of purse seines and longlines in the Atlantic (in the 1950s) and […]
BFT Season 2023 – Morrocan Purse Seiner SAAD ALLAH – 31.05.2023
The eastern bluefin migration has supported valuable fisheries in the Mediterranean since antiquity. Initially based on hand lines and beach seines, these fisheries were dominated after the 16th century by tuna cages placed in the path of migrating tuna. After the expansion of purse seines and longlines in the Atlantic (in the 1950s) and in […]
BFT Season 2023 – Algerian Purse Seiner LES FRERES BENAMANE
The eastern bluefin migration has supported valuable fisheries in the Mediterranean since antiquity. Initially based on hand lines and beach seines, these fisheries were dominated after the 16th century by tuna cages placed in the path of migrating tuna. After the expansion of purse seines and longlines in the Atlantic (in the 1950s) and in […]