New selectivity requirements for Baltic trawl gears
Legislation is going through designed to reduce by-catches of cod in Baltic flatfish fisheries. Fishermen have until April next year to adapt to the new standard and will have access…
Iceland’s high-value fresh export continues to grow
Figures for the first ten months of this year detailing Iceland’s seafood exports demonstrate the importance of the capelin fishery to the country’s fishing sector. Seafood export values this year…
EU and Norway strike agreement on 2025 fishing opportunities
Ahead of this week’s European Union council of fisheries minister, the EU and Norway have concluded negotiations on the management of shared stocks in the Skagerrak and Kattegat, quota exchanges,…
Faroes and Greenland sign 2025 fisheries agreement
A reciprocal fisheries agreement between the Faroe Islands and Greenland has been struck for 2025. Fisheries in each other’s waters are important for both countries. The Faroese fleet’s quotas for…
Downward revision of ICES Northern Shelf Cod advice
The decision to revise the advice already issued in June this year for the 2025 Northern Shelf cod fishery is due to an error detected in the multi-stock stochastic forecasting model…
Grand Banks cod fishery to open after long closure
North Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO), has authorised a cod fishery in division 3L – the northern area in international waters of the Newfoundland Grand Banks – after a 32-year of…
Minister boosts coastal fishery quota
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir has signed off changes to regulations to authorise an additional 2000 tonnes of cod to be allocated to the coastal fishery sector. Not…
Crisis is business as usual for the Baltic
An event organised in Brussels by Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) has marked five years of emergency management of Baltic fisheries designed to protect the Eastern Baltic cod stock…
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ICES advice for Baltic fisheries highlights environmental concerns
Recommendations for fisheries in the Baltic for 2025 have been presented by ICES and will form the basis of further proposals and decisions for the 2025 fishery. Despite the dry…
Recommendations for Iceland’s 2024-25 quota year
Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute has published its advice for quotas to be set for most commercial species for the 2024-25 quota year, which begins on 1st September. The…
