The Icelandic fleet’s summer mackerel season has started well, despite there being few catches in Iceland’s own waters. The pelagic fleet has been fishing in international waters, and east coast…
Applying pressure on Coastal States for concrete action towards collaborative management of blue whiting, mackerel, and herring, NAPA has added the Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU) to its supply chain…
Norway and the Faroe Islands have reached a mutual access agreement for fishing for mackerel in each other's zones. The Faroese fleet can catch up to 83,524 tonnes in Norwegian…
The Norwegian deep sea and coastal purse seiners are looking forward to a different kind of mackerel season this year as catches have to be taken in home waters, and…
European fishing industry body Europêche states that the Norwegian government has cynically manipulated the aftermath of Brexit to make a grab for fishing quotas that have long been held by…
Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Börkur has made the first mackerel landing of the year in Iceland, with 320 tonnes discharged in Neskaupstaður. According to skipper Hjörvar Hjálmarsson, the season has got…
In the past few weeks there has been wide press coverage of Norway's unilateral decision to increase its mackerel quota in excess of the shares that were previously agreed in…
The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) – a collective of 50 retailers and supply chain businesses working together to secure sustainable management of key pelagic stocks – has started…
Two Westman Islands pelagic vessels, Kap and Huginn, have been searching for mackerel with little success so far. ‘The water is pretty cold, eight to nine degrees on the surface.…
Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has signed off legislation governing mackerel fishing in Icelandic and NEAFC waters for this year. For the 2021 mackerel fishery, Iceland has set…
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