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…
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 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…
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…
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’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…
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…
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 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…
While the European Commission is busy congratulating itself on shutting down 87 areas to all demersal fishing gears in North Atlantic waters, the industry isn’t treating this as good news,…
Speaking last week in response to Parliamentary questions, Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Svandís Svavarsdóttir has stated that mackerel fisheries across the North-East Atlantic have in recent years far exceeded the…