Blue whiting quota in line with ICES advice for 2026
A meeting of Coastal States – Norway, Iceland, the European Union, the Faroe Islands and the UK, with Greenland observing, have agreed that the 2026 blue whiting TAC should be…
Critical need for agreement on mackerel
The European fishing sector, represented by Europêche, is urging decision-makers to finally agree on a comprehensive sharing arrangement for north-east Atlantic mackerel as thre Coastal States reconvene today for two…
Pivotal Coastal States meeting to come
The Pelagic Advisory Council’s analysis of fishing opportunities for 2026 makes grim reading and sets out some stark realities for a variety of shared stocks – not least for mackerel…
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Alliance slams Coastal States failure to act as mackerel hits tipping point
The Seafood Ireland Alliance (SIA) has warned that the future of Europe’s most valuable pelagic stock is in jeopardy after Coastal States once again failed to reach agreement on management…
Blue whiting agreement further off than ever
A meeting of North-East Atlantic coastal states held in London to discuss management of pelagic stocks only got as far as talking about blue whiting, coming to a close before…
Lack of action on pelagic sharing threatens Coastal States’ economies and environment
The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) is renewing its warnings that continued mismanagement of North East Atlantic blue whiting stocks and ongoing political inaction on sharing pelagic quotas pose a very…
Calling time on coastal states’ collaboration
Confirming a two-year extension to its innovative Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs), emphasising the urgent need for responsible management of pelagic fisheries, the NAPA consortium is retailers and supply chain businesses…
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…
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…
Coastal states fail to agree on mackerel
The deadline of 31st March that coastal states around the north Atlantic had set themselves for reaching an agreement on the division of the mackerel TAC has passed – with…
