Scotland’s fishing industry will benefit from increased opportunities to access monkfish and other key demersal stocks, following the successful conclusion of UK-Norway bilateral negotiations. Agreement on access and quota exchanges…
Plaice is up and and quotas for both eastern and western cod fisheries are a rollover, but this still leaves Baltic fishermen with some very tight quotas for 2023 as…
During this year's ecosystem survey in the Barents Sea, relatively large concentrations of group zero herring were recorded in the central part and west and north of Svalbard. According to…
As fisheries in the Baltic fail to recover, proposals by the European Commission for next year’s catch limits don’t look likely to bring much joy to the region’s fishermen. Proposals…
With the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence fall herring stock judged to be in the cautious zone, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Joyce Murray has…
A survey carried out by Icelandic research vessel Árni Friðriksson, with 48 tows over 18 days and having steamed a total of 3800 nautical miles, has mapped the extent of…
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.…
Westman Islands fishing company Vinnslustöðin (VSV) has this year had its best ever herring season, and this has now come to an end. ‘The 30th November night shift at the…
A long round of discussion in Luxembourg has resulted in EU Ministers reaching agreement on catch limits for 2022 for the Baltic’s ten main commercial stocks. Ministers have decided to…
All of the shares in Swedish pelagic processor Scandic Pelagic’s operations in Sweden have been acquired by Västkustfisk SVC AB. Scandic Pelagic Ellös AB has changes its name to Sweden…