Strong start to Scottish fleet’s mackerel fishery
The mackerel fishery for the Scottish fleet got off to a good start this year, with reports of plenty shoals of good-sized fish. Fishing mainly to the north-west of Orkney,…
Irish fishermen outraged at loss of Denmark’s €10 million mackerel offer
The Irish fishing industry is up in arms over news that Minister for Marine Charlie McConalogue declined to take up an offer of 3000 tonnes of mackerel for two years,…
Norway-EU duty-free agreement excludes mackerel
While Norway and the European Union have renewed the agreement that provides European market access for Norwegian seafood, with a number of duty-free quotas to be continued for key products,…
Scottish fleet’s mackerel season ends on a high note
The mackerel season for the Scottish fleet started at the beginning of October and ran through to mid-November, with fishing taking place in the North Sea and east of Shetland. The…
Scottish mackerel sector wants quota shares resolved
Following the recent setting of the TACs for north-east Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring for 2024, the Scottish mackerel sector is calling for renewed efforts to resolve the…
Enough is enough, warns NAPA
In an open letter to Ministers, a collective of global retail and supply-chain heavyweights warns its patience is running out. The consortium of seafood companies demands that Coastal States seize…
Norway deserves lion’s share of mackerel, say Norwegian pelagic operators
A long track record of building up fisheries for mackerel, and its strong attachment to Norwegian waters should weigh heavily in Norway’s favour as coastal states come together to work…
ICES advice – reduced herring and mackerel quotas, lift for blue whiting
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…
Brendan Byrne of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association (IFPEA) and Aodh O Donnell of the Irish Fish Producers Association (IFPO) want to see tangible compensation for Ireland and other EU members for the loss of fishing rights as non-EU states have inflated their own mackerel and blue whiting quotas
EU losing fishing rights to rogue Nordic states
EU coastal states are losing fishing rights to non-EU members because the European Commission’s scientifically informed approach to quotas is subject to abuse by rogue Nordic players, according to leading…
Era of unilateral quotas must end, say European fishing organisations
Representatives of fishing industry organisations within the EU are calling out the actions of some coastal states in setting unilateral quotas – and subsequently landing high-value mackerel for fishmeal production…
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