Overview
It is published as a mobile app for iOS and Android and as a web reader at mag.hookandnet.com, with downloaded issues available offline. New issues appear in the second week of every month and the back catalogue remains accessible. Content is in English with selected articles in French, Spanish and Russian, drawing on correspondents in Spain, France, Russia, the Nordic countries and South and Central America. Reading is free and requires no sign-up. The publication is operated by Storholt bvba, trading as Hook and Net, with its registered office at Rodenbachstraat 25 in Blankenberge. Storholt was incorporated on 14 September 2016 under VAT number BE 0662.582.452, with computer programming services as its registered activity and no salaried employees. The app's copyright names Quentin Bates. The magazine's content is delivered through the Pugpig publishing platform, which is operated by Kaldor Ltd from London and New York.
Stated facts & numbers
- Founded: 2016
- Legal entity: Storholt bvba (BE 0662.582.452)
- Headquarters: Blankenberge
- Employees: 2-10
- Product: Monthly commercial fishing trade magazine, iOS/Android app and web reader
- Platform: Pugpig
- Website: hookandnet.com
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In the news
- Galician shipyard Eunemar has launched and delivered small-scale fishing vessel Rubio I for an owner in Cádiz, who commissioned the build after seeing another vessel with the same specifications. https://lnkd.in/eVTxGjAt
- The Aloncar shipyard, located in Necochea, in Argentina's Buenos Aires province, last month launched trawler Adviento for Makro SA. It is built to operate out of Rawson, in the southern Chubut province of Patagonia. https://lnkd.in/eVmv797V
- The 2027 TACs for commercial Baltic species include increases for sprat, central Baltic herring, Bothnian herring, Riga herring and plaice, while by-catch-only limits remain in place for cod, as well as a ban on recreational fishing for cod throughout the Baltic. https://lnkd.in/e9v6u7GK
- The north-east Atlantic mackerel TAC for 2027 has been agreed at 352,938 tonnes at a meeting of coastal states. That's the straightforward part – the challenge is going to be reaching agreement on splitting the TAC between coastal states. https://lnkd.in/eX3e9DBq
- A longliner launched at Armón's Navia yard is set to become a technological benchmark for the Spanish and European fishing fleets, thanks to its environmentally friendly propulsion system. https://lnkd.in/e2iZZHCH
- French Minister for the Sea Catherine Chabaud has announced a consultation aimed at excluding larger fishing vessels from coastal waters in the Eastern Channel. https://lnkd.in/e9yvY9rD
- For the third year in a row, scientists at Norway’s Marine Research Institute are recommending a zero-catch capelin season this winter. https://lnkd.in/eGtit53P
- Floating scarecrow protects threatened seabirds https://lnkd.in/eWmrgAwj
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