Holding EU quota talks to ransom
Representatives of Ireland’s fishing sector have slammed Norway for its aggressive negotiating tactics, accusing it of stalling EU quota talks due to its failure to secure privileged access to blue…
Representatives of Ireland’s fishing sector have slammed Norway for its aggressive negotiating tactics, accusing it of stalling EU quota talks due to its failure to secure privileged access to blue…
Three of the major buyers of products from blue whiting – Skretting, Cargill, and Biomar – are calling on coastal states to not blow it during talks on management of this species.…
Westman Islands producer Vinnslustöðin has taken delivery of 6600 tonnes of blue whiting in just the first four days of fishmeal production for this season. Landings were from the company’s…
There has been steady good fishing for blue whiting in a couple of areas south of the Faroe Islands, close to the UK line, with Icelandic and Faroese pelagic vessels…
Fishmeal plants in the east of Iceland have been taking delivery of a series of substantial blue whiting landings, as the usual winter capelin season remains uncertain. More than 9000…
With uncertainty over this year’s capelin season, with a relatively small initial quota and doubt over the state of the stock, pelagic vessels in Iceland started this year on blue…
The pelagic vessels operated by Síldarvinnslan are starting 2023 on blue whiting after the Christmas and New Year layover in port. Beitir and Börkur have already sailed, and Barði is…
The future of the longstanding agreement between the Faroe Islands and Russia, which would under normal circumstances be due for renewal at the end of this year, appears to be…
As national delegations prepare for next week’s meetings in London to thrash out TACs for next year’s pelagic fisheries in the North-East Atlantic, the MSC has warned that urgent action…
EU pelagic operators, represented by EAPO, have issued a position paper on pelagic opportunities for 2023, starting with advising sticking to the ICES advice for Northeast Atlantic mackerel with the…