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…
Commission proposes 2024 Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak fishing opportunities
The European Commission has published its proposal to set TACs for 18 fish stocks in the EU waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak for 2024 – and for…
Kattegat camera trials brought forward
Denmark’s Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries has decided to bring forward the evaluation of the camera project to a 1st October completion date in order to make a faster…
Compromise reached on Kattegat camera scheme
The Danish Fisheries Association (DFPO) and Minister of Fisheries Rasmus Prehn have succeeded in reaching a compromise on the issue of camera monitoring on fishing vessels operating in the Kattegat. …
Camera monitoring for Kattegat trawlers
Denmark’s Minister of Fisheries Rasmus Prehn has ruled that trawlers fishing in the Kattegat will be required to participate in camera monitoring as part of strategies to strengthen the cod…
New selectivity rules apply to Swedish vessels fishing in the Skagerak and Kattegat. Image: Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Trawl selectivity for Skagerak and Kattegat
New rules are now being introduced in the Skagerak and Kattegat, requiring more selective gear for langoustine and groundfish fisheries ‘This will reduce the pressure on the heavily exposed cod…
Cameras do not generate cod in the Kattegat, according to the Danish Fishermen’s Association. Image: DFPO
Cameras don’t generate cod
The Danish Fishermen’s Association Has been deeply critical of the government's proposal to introduce camera surveillance for the bottom trawl fishery in the Kattegat. As part of this year's quota…