Spain allocates adapted mackerel quotas
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has allocated mackerel quota across its Northeast Atlantic fleet, with a significant increase. The 2026 adapted quota of 1275 tonnes of northern…
Scottish fleet’s mackerel fishery comes to a close
With significantly reduced quotas for 2026, the January mackerel fishery for the Scottish fleet has already drawn to a close. The scientific stock advice doesn’t measure up against what fishermen…
Re-evaluation indicates mackerel has not been overfished
A reassessment of the North-East Atlantic mackerel stock going back more than a decade indicates that mackerel has not been significantly overfished – as has been claimed – now that…
French fishermen call out mackerel scandal
The industry body representing French fishermen, the National Fisheries Committee (CNPMEM), hasn’t held back in its criticism of the lead taken by four North Atlantic Coastal States in deciding on…
Commission voices concerns over four-way mackerel arrangement
The European Commission has expressed its concerns over the mackerel arrangement between Norway, the UK, Iceland and the Faroe Islands that was announced earlier this month, and which was concluded…
European fishing sector slams Nordic stand on mackerel
European fishing industry body Europêche has responded to the news of a deal on north-east Atlantic mackerel being struck between Norway, the UK, the Faroe Islands and Iceland, calling it…
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Party to mackerel agreement – for the first time
The inclusion of Iceland in the agreement on mackerel management reached with Norway, the UK and the Faroe Islands marks the first time that Iceland has been party to any…
Nordic states and UK strike mackerel deal
Norway, the UK, the Faroe Islands and Iceland have reached agreement on mackerel, presented as a long-term management plan. Based on the current deal struck in 2024 between Norway, the…
Europe facing mackerel crisis
French industry organisations are raising the alarm as they face a reduction in the national mackerlel quota from around 10,000 tonnes to as little as 1600 tonnes in 2016. ‘Mackerel…
IFPO backs calls for decisive EU action ahead of December Council
A looming crisis faces Ireland’s fishing industry as catastrophic quota cuts that threaten the survival of its pelagic fleet, warns The Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO). The industry is backing…
