Cuts advised for Barents Sea cod and haddock quotas
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…
Where does all this haddock come from?
Brim’s fresher trawler Viðey is back at sea after making a 200 tonne landing in Reykjavík last weekend. Skipper Jóhannes Ellert Eiríksson – best known as Elli – said that…
Höfrungur III AK-250
Haddock everywhere – and quota short
Brim’s factory trawler Höfrungur III AK-250 has docked after a 27 day trip across grounds south and west of Iceland, and skipper Haraldur Árnason and his crew found themselves on…
Norway’s fishery for haddock inside 12 nautical miles is no longer MSC certified
MSC clarifies Norway’s cod and haddock status
Planned changes to the MSC certification of North East Arctic haddock caught under the oversight of Norwegian industry body Norges Fiskarlag, came into effect on 26th of April, while its…
Minister boosts haddock quota
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has signed legislation increasing this quota year’s haddock quota by 8000 tonnes. This increases the haddock quota for the 2020-21 quota year from…
Brim’s fresher trawler Helga María landing in Reykjavík
Haddock everywhere
Brim’s fresher trawler Helga María docked in Reykjavík yesterday with roughly 180 tonnes of fish on board, and with fishing effort being carefully managed during the Covid-19 crisis, will now…
Saithe are elusive, but haddock are everywhere, according to Viðey’s skipper Jóhannes Ellert Eiríksson. Image: Brim
Haddock everywhere
‘Catches have been acceptable. Saithe is as elusive as ever. We’ve done well avoiding cod, but we can’t say the same about haddock. It shows up everywhere as by-catch,’ said…
Juvenile stocks survey promises strong future for Shetland fisheries
An independent survey by the NAFC Marine Centre UHI indicates a promising future for Shetland fisheries, locating record numbers of small haddock and increases in small cod and whiting populations. More than fifty tows were carried out this summer by NAFC’s research vessel to assess abundance of key stocks.
What happened to the haddock?
Haddock worth an estimated NoK200 million went uncaught last year, according to Norwegian research institute Nofima, which has put forward suggestions for the allocation of quotas to be reviewed.
Recommended Barents Sea cod quota down by a fifth
The International Sea Research Council (ICES) has recommended that the Barents Sea cod quota next year should not exceed 712,000 tonnes – a 20% reduction compared to this year's quota.