ICES has announced its 2021 North-Eastern Atlantic quota recommendations for mackerel, Atlanto-Scandian herring, horse mackerel and blue whiting. The recommendation is for mackerel to be set at 852,284, an 8%…
Fishing industry bodies have reacted with scepticism to the European Commission’s announcement of, as part of its Green Deal, proposals to increase the EU’s offshore energy production twenty times to…
This year’s meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fishery Organisation (NAFO) took place online, and the key subject for discussion was area 3M. The scientific advice was for a drastic reduction…
Looking for new possibilities following the cancellation of this year's exhibition, Holland Fisheries Event is presenting an online exhibition journal. This year’s exhibition at Urk had to be called off…
Norway and the United Kingdom have signed a new framework agreement on fisheries co-operation enabling both parties to agree to on the exchange fishing quotas as well as mutual access…
Seafarers UK has release landmark research into the plight of fishing communities’ financial health – highlighting the lack of a safety net for those working as share fishermen, and exploring…
Frank Bakke-Jensen has been appointed to head Norway’s Directorate of Fisheries, taking over from Liv Holmefjord, although no date has been set for the handover to take place. His appointment…
The Zamakona Shipyard in Bilbao is making steady progress on its NB-799, otherwise known as the innovative Salt-designed pelagic vessel Gitte Henning. ‘We started cutting steel on 8th May and…
The whole crew of Icelandic longliner Valdimar GK-195 are now isolating following the entire crew of 14 contracting the virus. Valdimar was fishing off southern Iceland last week when the…
Europêche has presented today a request to the European Commission for the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of tuna processed loins – mainly skipjack – originating in China,…