Shared shrimp fishery faces challenges
Recommendations from ICES are that the shrimp fishery in the Skagerrak, Kattegat and northern North Sea in the Norwegian Deep should not exceed 4557 tonnes for the 12 months 1st…
Recommendations from ICES are that the shrimp fishery in the Skagerrak, Kattegat and northern North Sea in the Norwegian Deep should not exceed 4557 tonnes for the 12 months 1st…
Recommendations for fisheries in the Baltic for 2025 have been presented by ICES and will form the basis of further proposals and decisions for the 2025 fishery. Despite the dry…
The European Bottom Fishing Alliance is accusing the EU Commission’s environmental division of presenting a set of rigidly-defined questions to ICES, against the backdrop of a renewed demands for a…
A new scientific study on pollack is urgently needed so that accurate and up to date stock data can be collected to properly inform fisheries management, according to The Irish…
ICES has published its advice for a reduction to next year’s mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring quotas and an increase in blue whiting. The advice is for a 390,101-tonne quota for…
‘The sharp reduction of the shrimp quota in the North Sea and Skagerrak is a dramatic one for the entire fishing industry along the coast of the Skagerrak and the…
ICES has provided quota advice for next year for some stocks in the North Sea and adjacent areas, with recommendations based on an MSY approach. The advice is for a…
ICES has advised that the 2024 quota for North Sea herring could be increased by 28.3%, to a maximum of 532,166 tonnes. This year’s quota for direct fishing is 403,813…
Official assessments put Scotland’s key commercial fish species, notably haddock and cod, are at their highest level for decades. Contrary to claims by environmental NGOs that these stocks are facing…
ICES as revised its original advice for a 44% increase in the 2023 quota for North Sea cod, and now recommends a 26,008 tonne quota which represents a 63% increase…