Australian toothfish operators have responded to false claims made by a Hobart-based NGO group. This response is detailed below: The Australian toothfish fishing industry comprises two Australian fishing companies – Perth based, Austral Fisheries Pty Ltd, and Hobart based Australian Longline Fishing Pty Ltd. Australia’s Toothfish fisheries sit within the Australian EEZs surrounding Heard Island and Macquarie Island, and are …
Australian Longline first company to receive RFVS Certificate
COLTO Member, Australian Longline Fishing has become the first fishing company in the world to have a vessel certified to the Global Seafood Assurance Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS). The vessel in question is Antarctic Discovery, a 55-meter longliner with a crew of 20-25, plus two observers, operating in the MSC certified toothfish fisheries around Macquarie Island and in the …
Australian Longline launch Antarctic Aurora
COLTO Member, Australian Longline, is excited to introduce the 62 metre Antarctic Aurora to its fleet to operate within the toothfish fisheries that are managed by CCAMLR and AFMA under the strictest environmental conditions found in any fishery in the world. This deepwater longline vessel has been purposefully designed and built to catch fish from depths down to 2000 metres …
New vessel ordered for Australian Longline
Australian Longline, based in Hobart, Tasmania, has placed an order for a new factory longliner for delivery in 2020. The Tasmanian company went to Skipsteknisk in Norway for the design package for the ST-156L autoliner, developed for fishing toothfish in Antarctic waters. The new vessel is to be built at Vard Group’s shipyard in Vietnam and is scheduled for delivery …
Australia’s Heard Island Toothfish Fishery re-certified by MSC
The Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Patagonian toothfish fishery has received recertification to the MSC standard for sustainable fishing. Originally certified in 2012, the fishery was once riddled with illegal and unregulated fishing for the valuable species, found across the southern ocean. But due to robust and collaborative management, there has not been illegal fishing in the region since …
Sealord gets another longliner to catch toothfish in the Ross Sea
A new addition to the Sealord fleet for the annual Ross Sea toothfishing expedition is Australian-flagged and registered but has a dozen New Zealanders in its crew. The 57-metre Norwegian-built Antarctic Discovery has been refitted at Port Nelson this month and was expected to leave on Friday. It has joined the Antarctic Chieftain under the ownership of Australian Longline, which …
16th March 2012: HIMI Toothfish receives MSC certification
On a day that the Marine Stewardship Council is celebrating Sustainable Seafood Day, COLTO is pleased to announce that Australia’s Heard Island & McDonald Islands (HIMI) Patagonian Toothfish fishery has been recognised as a sustainable and well managed fishery by the Marine Stewardship Council. Read the MSC HIMI toothfish press release. The HIMI fishery is now the third toothfish fishery …