Land: UK

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has released details of the swaps that allowed the North Sea Sole fishery to reopen last week.

EURONOR and the Compagnie des Pêches Saint Malo have applied jointly for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for their cod and haddock catches.

Scotland’s mackerel fishermen have joined their fishing colleagues in other EU member states by declaring a boycott of tomorrow’s (7 September) international fisheries meeting in the Faroe Islands because of the current dispute with Iceland and the Faroes over their decision to unilaterally increase mackerel quotas.

The volume and value of whitefish at Peterhead Harbour, Scotland’s premier fishing port is running well ahead of last year’s level, according to the Peterhead port authority.

The lack of quotas and fishing days is having an impact on fishing activity, with only 5,512 boxes of whitefish sold at Peterhead Market Scotland’s premier fishing port for the first two market days of last week but the shortage of fishing attracted good prices.
In short supply, medium haddock sold for £200 per 57kg box at Peterhead on Tuesday morning which were followed by Large Haddock at £182 Per 57 kg box and Whiting at £114 -£125 per 57kg box.

Mackerel fisheries of the Northeast Atlantic could lose MSC accreditation by 2012 if overfishing not control.

Rope grown mussels produced by the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG) have achieved Friend of Sea (FoS) certificate.

New European marine sites in Lyme Bay come under severe criticism from the Coalition.

Yarmouth Coastguard have been warning ships on sea about 60 tonnes of lost cargo of Norwegian vessel.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO), the body responsible for managing the delivery and enforcement of Common Fisheries Policy, this week met with the fishing industry in East Anglia and Kent to discuss the recent closure and subsequent reopening of the North Sea sole fishery. Policy officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) also attended.