Plenty of cod for Denmark’s new year consumers
The message from the Danish Fishermen’s Association as 2025 is about to dawn is that consumers can buy all the cod they need for a New Year dinner, as there…
Relief as minister shelves controversial report
The decision by Denmark’s environment minister Magnus Heunicke to drop Aarhus University’s controversial report on the effects of demersal fishing in the Kattegat has been welcomed by the Danish fishing…
Danish PO joins Europêche
The Danish Fishers PO (DFPO), representing more than 550 fishing vessels, has become the newest member of European fishing industry body Europêche. The Danish organisation was welcomed into the fold…
DFPO – concern over smuggling expose
A report by Danish TV station TC2 exposing systematic drug trafficking through Danish ports has come as a surprise to the Danish Fishermen’s PO. The report outlined that a number…
Kattegat camera trials brought forward
Denmark’s Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries has decided to bring forward the evaluation of the camera project to a 1st October completion date in order to make a faster…
Danish industry looks forward to higher 2023 quotas
The state of stocks in the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat is seen as being largely positive, and Danish fishermen can expect to have higher quotas to catch in 2023.…
No let-up in pressure on Baltic fishermen
Next year’s quotas for Baltic fisheries leave fishermen facing another tough year, according to the Danish Fishermen’s Association. This is despite increases in quotas for plaice and Central Baltic herring.…
Compromise reached on Kattegat camera scheme
The Danish Fisheries Association (DFPO) and Minister of Fisheries Rasmus Prehn have succeeded in reaching a compromise on the issue of camera monitoring on fishing vessels operating in the Kattegat. …
Danish Fisheries must become even more sustainable
The Danish Technical University (DTU) has published a new report examining the environmental footprint and ecological sustainability of Danish fisheries. Its key conclusion is that a broad-spectrum effort is needed…
‘This is a big problem that we would love to see solved,’ said DFPO chairman Svend-Erik Andersen. Images: DFPO
ICES advice fails to tally with Danish fishing experience
The Danish Fishermen’s PO (DFPO) has weighed in with its own criticisms of ICES advice for North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat fisheries for 2022. Like the Scottish associations, they Danish…