The Seafood Ireland Alliance (SIA) has warned that the future of Europe’s most valuable pelagic stock is in jeopardy after Coastal States once again failed to reach agreement on management…
Westman Islands fishing company Ísfélagið reports that its vessels have finished their mackerel season for this year, with most of the catch taken in international waters and only a small…
Síldarvinnslan’s mackerel production has re-started, just days after the season was thought to be over and the company’s fleet was switching to other fisheries. Pelagic vessel Beitir is back on…
As scientists gather at ICES this week to assess the northeast Atlantic pelagic stocks and in particular the mackerel stock, the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation has highlighted the widespread concern over…
The Icelandic fleet’s mackerel fishery for this year is coming to a close. Samherji’s pelagic vessel Margrét has finished its season with a 930-tonne landing to Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður processing plant,…
Newfoundland and Labrador trade union The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor) has slammed the ongoing campaign by Oceana Canada to undermine the sustainable and economically critical mackerel and…
As Icelandic pelagic vessel Beitir headed out for this year’s mackerel season, it sailed with a pair of Vónin’s fully controllable Twister trawl doors. For skipper Tómas Kárason, the impact was immediately noticeable.…
Pelagic vessel Vilhelm Thorsteinsson has called at Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður processing plant to offload the first catch of the Icelandic fleet’s mackerel season, delivering 1040 tonnes – and production began right…
Three pelagic vessels operated by Síldarvinnslan have sailed from Norðfjörður in the east of Iceland to start on the summer mackerel season. Barði, Beitir and Börkur have been in port…
The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) has launched a short film as a new call-to-action as part of its increasingly urgent mission to reduce the overfishing of mackerel in the North…
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