The Spanish fleet operating in UK and Svalbard waters are starting the year with 3455 tonnes less in fishing opportunities that last year. Industry body Cepesca puts the reduction in…
Iceland’s Marine Research Institute has advised allocation of a 54,200 tonne capelin quota for the 2020-21 season in an update to its December advice. The current advice is based on…
The Russian Far East’s largest crab company finished 2020 with 99% of its quotas caught, and having more than tripled its exports. The Russian Crab Company Group reports that alongside…
New automated longliner Einar Guðnason ÍS-303 is heading for its home port of Suðureyri in the north-west of Iceland following delivery by Trefjar to Útgerðarfélagið Norðureyri. The new longliner replaces…
The NFFO argues that additional quota secured by the UK under the terms of the agreement with the EU should be used primarily to address cases where acute quota shortages…
Baader has acquired Swedish fish-processing manufacturer SEAC AB, based in Färjestaden on the island of Öland. A leading supplier of fish-processing machinery for small pelagic fish species such as yellow…
The Falkland Islands government has announced changes to its ITQ arrangements, offering current rights holders the option of a new 25-year rights period, even though the current rights remain valid…
The case against the skipper of Icelandic trawler Júlíus Geirmundsson ÍS-270 came to court this week, during which he pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him. During the controversial…
What UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson described as ‘temporary frustrations’ in exporting fresh seafood to buyers in the European Union have boiled over as a convoy of chiller trucks converged…
Icelandic fishing and processing company FISK Seafood, based in Sauðárkrókur in the north of Iceland, has branched out from operating trawlers to acquire Höfn fishing company Ölduós ehf and its…