Potential Brexit bonanza for Scottish fisheries
According to the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, there are gains to be made for the Scottish industry.
Markets access is essential, says Scottish Government report
New research suggests that Brexit could cause significant harm to Scotland’s seafood industries if the UK does not remain in the single market and the customs union. The study commissioned by the Scottish Government to understand possible impacts on the seafood sector examined hypothetical scenarios for the UK’s exit from the European Union including changes to fishing quota shares and the impact of different types of international trade on the industry.
Cornelis Vrolijk joins GSSI
Dutch fisheries group Cornelis Vrolijk has joined the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) as a Funding Partner. Established in 1880, Cornelis Vrolijk is an internationally-operated family business, active in the catch, farm, process and trade of fish and shrimp.
Fishermen take protest to Amsterdam
Hundreds of fishermen from Holland and Belgium took their grievances against the discard ban and the loss of fishing grounds due to the expansion of wind farms to Amsterdam this weekend, making plain their dissatisfaction with the way their industry is heading.
No western herring quota for Baltic fishermen
ICES has provided its advice to the European Commission (EC) to set the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2019. Despite fishermen’s full compliance with the quotas proposed, a growing stock biomass and fishing pressure in line with scientific advice, the prospects for some stocks are not promising – including herring.
North Sea herring quota cut recommended by ICES
ICES has issued a recommendation for next year’s North Sea herring quota to be set at 311,572 tonnes, roughly half of this year’s 600,588 tonne quota.
Proposed EU fisheries control shifts burden onto industry
The European Commission’s proposed new rules intended to revise the Union Fisheries Control System will present the fishing sector with extensive bureaucratic and economic burdens, according to European fishing industry body Europêche.
Equal treatment for EU and imported fisheries production
The EU Commission must ensure that fisheries and aquaculture products from non-EU countries comply with EU conservation, management standards and hygiene requirements. MEPs voted overwhelmingly with 590 votes to 52 with 41 abstentions for control measures to be applied more efficiently, with imported products subject to the same standards as EU produce.
EU Commission proposes new rules to step up enforcement
The European Commission is proposing improvements to modernise and simplify the way in which fishing rules are monitored and complied with in the EU, stating that effective control is key to ensuring that the EU's fisheries are sustainably managed, in turn guaranteeing the long-term viability of EU fisheries.
Taiwan brands Greenpeace report a smear campaign
The recent Misery at Sea report published by Greenpeace focuses closely on Taiwan’s distant water fleet, and paints a grim portrait of the country’s shortcomings in this field. The Taiwanese Fisheries Agency (FA) has responded to the Greenpeace allegations, stating that since the Act for Distant Water Fisheries came into law on January 20th, 2017, the management of Taiwanese distant water fishing fleets under this legal framework has received wide and positive recognition.
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