Scottish industry demands fairer EU/Faroe access deal
Scottish mackerel fishermen and processors are calling upon the EU to reduce the current access arrangements for Faroese vessels to catch mackerel in Scottish waters.
Good week for pelagics
There has been some heavy fishing on herring in Norwegian waters, with 18,000 tonnes reported last week.
69,000 tonne season
Neskaupstaður company Síldarvinnslan has had a busy few months since the start of the mackerel season in mid-July. This season’s landings have totalled close to 69,000 tonnes.
14% mackerel increase
Meeting at Clonakilty in Ireland, representatives of the EU, the Faroe Islands and Norway have agreed on a mackerel quota of 1,020,996 tonnes for next year, which represents an increase of almost 14% compared with this yea's quota and exceeds the 944,000 tonne figure recommended by ICES.
29,000 tonnes of herring and mackerel
With the year’s mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring fisheries over for the year, HB Grandi’s two pelagic vessels have now switched to blue whiting.
Award for small boat fisherman
Axel Helgason was awarded recognition as the small boat fisherman of the year at the fisheries exhibition held last week in Reykjavík.
Advice up for mackerel, herring and blue whiting
Norway’s Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has advised quotas for mackerel that are increased by 22% and for blue whiting that are up by 77%, while its advice on Atlanto-Scandian herring is up by 104%.
Huge mackerel volumes in Icelandic waters
One of HB Grandi’s skippers report that there have been huge mackerel volumes in Icelandic waters all summer and they are still there, with both pelagic vessels fishing well off the east coast and coastal boats filling up with mackerel close inshore off the west.
Mackerel on the move
Iceland’s mackerel season has extended longer into the summer than usual and the indications are there that it could go well into the autumn.
Calls for free fishing on mackerel
Iceland’s National Association of Small Boat Owners (NASBO) has called on the Ministry of Fisheries to allow free fishing on mackerel for the inshore fleet.
