Tensions rise as EU ministers meet
Speaking at the EU Council Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers in Brussels, Spanish minister of fisheries Luis Planas commented that the European Commission needs to ‘firmly defend the interests of the…
Minister proposes changes to fisheries legislation
Icelandic minister of fisheries Bjarkey Olsen Gunnarsdóttir will table proposals in Parliament for changes to legislation relating to fisheries. According to a statement, these proposed changes will be in line…
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European fish stocks – good news and bad
There’s positive and negative news in the European Commission’s assessment of fish stocks, which will untimately have a strong bearing on the TACs and quotas for 2025. The Commission’s Sustainable…
Boosting the long-term viability of sea urchins
The waters around the Italian island of Procida are the home of the stony, purple sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus), an important herbivore, as well as prey for a number of…
New fisheries minister takes over in Norway
A cabinet reshuffle has resulted in the minister who was appointed only last year being moved on. Cecilie Myrseth moves over to the Ministry of Industry, having only served as…
The sandeel fishery is worth DKK135 million to the Danish fishing industry
Challenging sandeel shutdown
The decision by the UK government to shut down the sandeel fishery in the British part of the North Sea is being challenged in court as the Danish fishing sector…
Practical solutions – not platitudes
Speaking at the Our Ocean Conference taking place this week in Athens, ICFA chair Javier Garat made the point that without a balanced approach, people starve – and stated that…
Broken promises and sidelined science – a recipe for disaster
The fishing industry in Western Australia is facing a hostile environment – as government decisions concerning the future of fisheries look to be based on dogma instead of science as…
Faroes and UK strike 2024 fisheries deal
An agreement reached between the Faroe Islands and the UK for this year allows the Faroese fleet 850 tonnes of Greenland halibut in UK waters, plus haddock, ling and blue…
Shellfish focus at Fishing into the Future F-REP York Event
Following the success of a previous Fisheries Resource Education Programme (F-REP) event in November 2023, Fishing into the Future is reprising its industry-driven residential event this week. This time it’s in Yorkshire, centred…
