Norway reduces 2022 mackerel quota
Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Bjørnar Skjæran has announced a 278,222 tonne mackerel quota for the Norwegian fleet this year, a 7% reduction on last year’s allocation. ‘In…
WTO fisheries subsidies deal (mostly) welcomed
After two decades of dialogue, trade ministers from 164 countries last week struck a last-minute deal on fisheries subsidies. Despite blocking measures by India, which threatened to derail the multilateral…
Regionalisation improves fisheries management, but more work is needed
The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) has published a study contracted by the European Commission on regionalisation, the findings of which are that regionalisation has allowed for…
Faroes set 2022 mackerel quota
Faroese fisheries minister Árni Skaale, in consultation with the Parliament foreign affairs committee, has set the 2022 quota for the Faroe Islands’s fleet. The quota is set at 155.804 tonnes,…
Future CFP must correct failed policies and adapt to new challenges
Speaking at a stakeholder event organised by the European Commission, Europêche president Javier Garat told delegates that fishing must regain its place as an essential and respected activity. ‘Our fishermen…
Tackling attitudes to Iceland’s fisheries
Iceland’s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, has appointed an extensive set of working groups to analyse and report on the challenges facing fisheries, and the opportunities, as…
Positive progress on European fisheries – but not enough
Anyone would imagine that the findings of the EU Commission’s review of fisheries and fisheries management would be something to celebrate, as the Commission itself reports in understated style that…
The Isle of Man's Long-Term Management Plan aims to deliver a thriving fishery
Isle of Man plans long-term scallop management
A plan that will see fishermen, producers and marine scientists co-manage the Isle of Man’s multi-million pound king scallop fishery will be a first for fisheries management in the British…
Danish enforcement arrests beamer with illegal gear
The Danish Fisheries Agency has apprehended a Dutch beam trawler found to have been fishing with lined codends. ‘We have a case in which a beam trawler has illegal inner…
Major progress on bigeye management – but shortfalls on other species
At its 26th session, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has adopted a procedure that will enable a quota to be set for bigeye tuna in 2024, under a proposal…
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