Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has put aside a 31,316 tonne quota (23,764 cod-equivalent tonnes) for a variety of species purposes, and is also waiting for a working…
UK fishermen are being offered the opportunity to take up funding towards attending the Future of Our Inshore Fisheries conference, to be held in London 8-9th October this year. The intention…
Europêche has hit back to the at the European Commission’s decision for an immediate closure of the eastern Baltic cod fishery. According to European industry body Europêche, the Commission has…
Russian Fishing Company (RFC) has made available a variety of Alaska pollock products – fillets, minced fish and fish fingers – under its Nordeco brand that are now available to…
The UK authorities are seeking to consult with the industry on a new approach to the allocation of quotas for English fisheries. According to DEFRA, following the UK’s departure from…
Norwegian coastal fishermen have since the beginning of this year been required to use a sorting grid when trawling for shrimp, with the disadvantage that they lose a valuable by-catch…
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has adjusted management measures for a number of Commonwealth species in the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery (SESSF) in response to the…
Fishing industry bodies in Argentina see the EU-Mercosur trade agreement as a positive step for their fishing sector, which they expect will make it possible to strengthen and increase exports…
Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Sean Casey,…
This year’s mackerel season is getting underway for Icelandic east coast company Síldarvinnslan, with the first landing of the year due today. Preparations have been in progress at the company’s…