Danish fisheries under pressure from over-regulation
The new vice-chair of the EU Committee on Fisheries, Danish MEP Asger Christensen, has spent a week touring fishing ports in Jutland and commented that this has been a valuable…
Angry and frustrated
Much of the UK fishing industry remains angry and frustrated at the gulf between what as promised in the December 2020 Trade and Cooperation Agreement, and what has actually been…
Cautious re-opening of Kaikōura pāua fishery
New Zealand’s Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker has decided the recreational pāua (abalone) fishing season will take place from 15th April to 15th June, and the commercial fishery is…
Greenland strikes 2023 fisheries agreements
Greenland has reached agreements with Norway and the Faroe Islands on fisheries for 2023 – but not with Russia, the first time since 1992 that there is no quota swap…
UK and EU strike fisheries deal
Agreement has been reached between the UK and the EU on catch levels for a range of commercial stocks during 2023. The UK authorities state that the agreement is worth…
SFF brands HPMAs as greenwashing
The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has slammed announcements by the Scottish government relating to proposals for Highly Marine Protected Areas (HMPAs) as having no scientific basis. ‘HPMAs are an exercise in…
Norway satisfied with UK agreement
Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Bjørnar Skjæran has voiced his satisfaction with the new bilateral agreement between Norway and the UK, providing mutual access to fishing in each other's…
Norway and Russia conclude 2023 fisheries agreement
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…
Mapping industry ownership
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries has given the green light to an initiative designed to map the tortuous web of ownership and cross-ownership in the Icelandic fishing industry. There has been…
Spanish industry to challenge fishing closures in court
Spanish industry body Cepesca has made it clear that it intends to fight all the way against the closures of 87 demersal fishing zones in Atlantic waters scheduled to come…
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