Irish concern over quota giveaway to Norway
With negotiations currently underway in Oslo, there is serious concern with the Irish fishing industry that Norway could be handed a 150,000 tonne blue whiting quota with access to EU…
Irish industry calls for radical reset on pelagic fisheries
With negotiations between Norway and the European Union on access and quota sharing set to begin next week, key figures in the Irish fisheries sector are demanding a radical rethink.…
Enough is enough, warns NAPA
In an open letter to Ministers, a collective of global retail and supply-chain heavyweights warns its patience is running out. The consortium of seafood companies demands that Coastal States seize…
Skagen breaks its own landing records
The port of Skagen is maintaining its position as Denmark’s top landing port, already close this year to hitting its 2022 landing values with three months of 2023 to go.…
ICES advice – reduced herring and mackerel quotas, lift for blue whiting
ICES has published its advice for a reduction to next year’s mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring quotas and an increase in blue whiting. The advice is for a 390,101-tonne quota for…
Brendan Byrne of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association (IFPEA) and Aodh O Donnell of the Irish Fish Producers Association (IFPO) want to see tangible compensation for Ireland and other EU members for the loss of fishing rights as non-EU states have inflated their own mackerel and blue whiting quotas
EU losing fishing rights to rogue Nordic states
EU coastal states are losing fishing rights to non-EU members because the European Commission’s scientifically informed approach to quotas is subject to abuse by rogue Nordic players, according to leading…
Blue whiting season over – for the moment
The blue whiting fishery for the Síldarvinnslan fleet has come to a close for the time being, with the last landing to season to the company’s plant in Neskaupstaður earlier…
Fishing well on blue whiting
Good fishing for blue whiting in the Faroese EEZ has brought a steady stream of landings to processing plants in Iceland. The Síldarvinnslan plants in Neskaupstaður and Seyðisfjörður are able…
This last-minute St Patrick’s Day deal does nothing to address Ireland’s unfair share of EU fishing quotas and rights,’ Aodh O’Donnell said.
Upside and downsides for Ireland to EU-Norway deal
The Irish fishing industry is widely dissatisfied with the outcome of the agreement struck between the European Union and Norway. ‘Norway, a non-EU member, secured more out of the deal…
Irish minister welcomes hike in blue whiting fishery
Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has welcomed the increase in the Irish fleet's quota for blue whiting from 28,438 tonnes last year to 53,776 tonnes…