Spurdog stock rebounds
After five years as a prohibited species, the stock of spurdog (Squalus acanthias) is judged to have recovered sufficiently to again support commercial landings this and next year. The decision…
After five years as a prohibited species, the stock of spurdog (Squalus acanthias) is judged to have recovered sufficiently to again support commercial landings this and next year. The decision…
A comprehensive measure governing high seas boarding and inspection in the South Pacific is the proposals adopted at the 11th annual meeting of members of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries…
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…
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…
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…