Challenges on two fronts
The Danish fishing sector faces the dual challenge of reductions in both cod and mackerel quotas in the year ahead, and while the outlook isn’t bright, the Danish Fishers PO…
Critical need for agreement on mackerel
The European fishing sector, represented by Europêche, is urging decision-makers to finally agree on a comprehensive sharing arrangement for north-east Atlantic mackerel as thre Coastal States reconvene today for two…
Processors warn of fallout from mackerel TAC cut
While accepting that the situation facing the industry is down to the ongoing failure of Coastal States to agree on sustainable fisheries management, the European Fish Processors and Traders Association…
A million tonnes of overfished mackerel
The warning by the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) that over a million tonnes of mackerel in excess of scientific advice has been caught over the past five years has…
Pivotal Coastal States meeting to come
The Pelagic Advisory Council’s analysis of fishing opportunities for 2026 makes grim reading and sets out some stark realities for a variety of shared stocks – not least for mackerel…
Pelagic storm coming
The aftershocks of the ICES recommendations for next year’s pelagic TACs continue to reverberate. European fishing industry bodies are facing a challenging 2026, and set out a position that expresses…
Ireland braces for catastrophic 2026
The fishing sector in Ireland is facing a catastrophic 2026 mackerel quota reduction of 70% – threatening to collapse Irish fishing and devastate major fishing communities. ‘The scientific recommendation is a…
Sparks fly over ICES mackerel advice
‘Shocking - but not surprising,’ commented NAPA independent chair on the latest update on the state of the mackerel stock as ICES advised a 70% reduction in the 2026 TAC…
ICES advises brutal pelagic TAC cuts
Advice issued by ICES is for some drastic cuts in next year’s fisheries for blue whiting (down 41%), boarfish (down 22%) and for mackerel – with a massive 70% TAC…
Time for mackerel agreement? suggests Icelandic seamen’s union
There has been an undercurrent of disquiet for some time over the differential between mackerel prices in Norway and Iceland, and the Icelandic Fishermen’s Association (Sjómannasamband Íslands – SSÍ) has…
