At a Renew Europe event held this week, the message to the European Commission was that it needs to take a hard look at the way it protects vulnerable marine…
EU ministers of fisheries meeting in the German port of Büsum found that the backdrop to their session was a protest by hundreds of German shrimp fishermen looking to vent…
The European Commission’s proposals to shut down the use of mobile fishing gears inside MPAs has been slammed on the floor of the European Parliament by MEP Pierre Karleskind, who…
France’s national fishing industry body has reacted furiously to the European Commission’s plans for demersal gears in MPAs, accusing it of proposing measures that will wreck whole sections of the…
In unveiling its EU Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries, the European Commission has turned a blind eye to its own fisheries management system…
While showing no inclination to reform the CFP and giving a free pass to other industries that affect the health of the oceans, the European Commission is expected shortly to…
A new version of the 88.40 metre Bacalao trawl that incorporates some key innovations has been performing well. Among those who have long experience of the Bacalao trawl are the…
HB Grandi’s fresher trawlers have been fishing more on south-western fishing grounds than earlier this winter. The winter season is about to begin, with the usual excellent quality cod and saithe to be found on the trawlers’ home grounds to the south-west of Iceland.
Síldarvinnslan’s trawler Bergey docked yesterday with 70 tonnes of fish on board, mostly haddock caught off the east of Iceland. What makes this landing remarkable is that these tonnes saw the trawler’s total catch value tick past the ISK10 billion milestone.
The Commission has proposed Total Allowable Catches (TAC) for a number of species for 2019 and 2020, in an effort to restore deep-sea fish stocks in the North-East Atlantic. Based on scientific advice, these new measures will enable stocks to gradually rebuild to sustainable levels.