Norway has entered into a bilateral fisheries agreement with the United Kingdom, and while this has welcomed by Norway’s Minister of Fisheries Bjørnar Skjæran, industry federation Fiskebåt has its reservations.…
Norwegian vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt has written to the country’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, demanding that Icelandic vessels should be barred from landing mackerel in Norwegian ports if Iceland…
ICES has recommended 20% reduction in Barents Sea cod catches next year and a 23% reduction in the volume of haddock caught, as well as a marginal reduction in the…
While the trade deal struck by the UK with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein has been welcomed by Norwegian industry body Fiskebåt, there has been a less than positive response from…
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has put an end to plans for a 350mW windfarm off Western Norway’s Møre coast, reversing a decision previously made by the Norwegian Water…
ICES has issued its guidance for 2021 Barents Sea quotas, with increases for the three main stocks of cod, haddock and saithe north of 62°N. According to Audun Maråk, director…
After 33 years with Norwegian fishing vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt, Paul-Gustav Remøy has retired. A great deal has changed since he joined the organisation in the summer of 1987, when…