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
- Seine netting ticks so many of the right boxes in terms of fuel consumption, seabed impact and catch quality. A new project seeks to address one of the downsides – the plastic particles released as seine ropes are abraded against the sea bed. https://lnkd.in/e9AjsF6k
- Built in 2024 and laid up without starting fishing, the latest addition to the NovaNam fleet in Namibia already has a chequered history behind it. https://lnkd.in/eWcqDM8u
- Barómetro de Estrelas has added a new vessel to its fleet with an 18-metre, GRP purse seiner to replace an older vessel that has already been scrapped. https://lnkd.in/e75GXGdb
- With all the required approvals are in place, Polar Seafood’s acquisition of Brim’s 50% stake in Polar Seafood Denmark can be concluded. This places Polar Seafood Denmark wholly in Greenlandic ownership. https://lnkd.in/e9a2WkY9
- A development that began in 2023 is coming to an end as Vinnslustöðin’s new pelagic processing plant is now completed. https://lnkd.in/euaUY6Eg
- A group of civil society and small-scale fishing organisations used COFI37 in Rome to deliver a stark warning about the growth of aquaculture, stating that ‘FAO and its members must address the destructive impacts of industrial feedlot aquaculture.’ https://lnkd.in/eRgiFz8i
- The Dutch fishing industry has posted modest profit for a second consecutive year, according to Wageningen University & Research (WUR). The fishing sector posted a net profit of approximately €17 million in 2025, a marginal increase on 2024. https://lnkd.in/dbhrZz44
- Today marks the arrival in Japan of the Saba Nouveau mackerel, flown in fresh from Norway to celebrate the first catch of the season. https://lnkd.in/dbZqbgBV
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