ICES has recommended that the cod quota in the Barents Sea should not exceed 674,678 tonnes next year. This is a reduction of 100,000 tonnes in relation to this year's quota. According to Geir Huse at the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, a natural decline in stocks has to be taken into consideration.
The catch limit for nephrops in the Farne Deeps has been cut for the third quarter of 2018 to help protect stocks, according to the Marine Management Organisation. The reduction is from 20 tonnes per vessel to 4 tonnes, while the planned fourth quarter catch limit of 20 tonnes remains unchanged.
The appointment of Andrew Pascoe as the new Chairman of the NFFO, has been confirmed at a meeting of the NFFO Executive Committee, held immediately after the AGM.
The European Commission has proposed the new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) as part of the package of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). The new fisheries fund will cover the budgetary period 2021-2027 with a financial envelope of €6.14 billion.
The success story that the Falkland Islands’ fishing industry has become since the mid-1980s is now threatened by the prospect of crippling tariffs on its exports once the UK has left the European Union.
Almost two years after the Bucharest Declaration signed in October 2016, six nations bordering the Black Sea and the European Union signed the Sofia Declaration renewing their commitment to achieve sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the region.
On March the 8th 2018, The International Association for Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI), with the support of French Development Agency AFD and Icelandic R&D company Matís has launched its second Women in Seafood video competition.
Rolls-Royce Marine has signed a contract with Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C. in Louisiana, USA, for the development of a highly technologically advanced pelagic trawler. The 100 metre vessel is to be built for Seattle based company Arctic Storm Management Group, LLC.
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) rejects the claim that there have been rapid declines across Australian fish stocks with Commonwealth-managed fisheries that have been rigorously assessed as not being overfished. A research paper by Graham Edgar, Trevor Ward and Rick Stuart-Smith: Rapid declines across Australian fishery stocks indicate global sustainability targets will not be achieved without an expanded network of ‘noR08;fishing’ reserves.
Skagen shipyard Karstensens Skibsværft has established its own construction base for producing hulls in Poland, and in addition to setting up its own company, it has acquired production facilities from Vistal Offshore in Gdynia, a modern facility built in 2013.