Large cod susceptible to damage in seine net gear
After extensive trials involving catches from various vessels, Nofima scientists are in no doubt – cod weighing more than eight kilos caught using seine nets are more susceptible to catch-related…
After extensive trials involving catches from various vessels, Nofima scientists are in no doubt – cod weighing more than eight kilos caught using seine nets are more susceptible to catch-related…
ICES as revised its original advice for a 44% increase in the 2023 quota for North Sea cod, and now recommends a 26,008 tonne quota which represents a 63% increase…
Despite the freeze in relations between Russia and much of the rest of the world since the invasion of Ukraine began earlier this year, there are aspects of international relations…
Plaice is up and and quotas for both eastern and western cod fisheries are a rollover, but this still leaves Baltic fishermen with some very tight quotas for 2023 as…
Brim’s fresher trawler Akurey is fishing west of Iceland, towing on the bank to the west of the Hali grounds. The aim is to land as much cod as possible…
When the Copenhagen-based Sirena Group established its Norcod cod-farming venture in 2018, it took a big step beyond its core business of the selling and marketing of North Atlantic seafood.…
The Norwegian Marine Research Institute has recommended a Barents Sea cod quota of up to 566,784 tonnes for 2023 – a 20% reduction on the 2022 figure and the lowest…
As fisheries in the Baltic fail to recover, proposals by the European Commission for next year’s catch limits don’t look likely to bring much joy to the region’s fishermen. Proposals…
Norwegian cod-farming venture has been granted permission to establish a new production location in Nesna municipality with a total maximum allowed biomass (MAB) of 3600 tonnes. ‘We have been very…
The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute has published its advice for the 2022-23 quota year, which opens on 1st September. The stinger in the next year’s advice is the recommendation…