Iceland’s fleet starts on mackerel
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…
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…
The EU fishing sector has been quick with its critical response to the decision by several fish consumption guides in the EU, run by environmental NGOs such as GoodFish and…
The PFA, representing the Dutch pelagic sector, has criticised the decision by the Goodfish foundation to downgrade the status of mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring from orange to red, warning that…
The BIP Centre in the Danish port of Hirtshals has provided the gateway for a first shipment of Scottish mackerel to a processor in Denmark, and this positive experience has…
Speaking at the Fisheries Relations with Norway public hearing organised by the Fisheries Committee in the European Parliament, PFA president Tim Heddema outlined that despite the shared ambitions of sustainable…
The Scottish pelagic fleet’s January mackerel fishery is doing well, fishing west of Shetland. The fleet has been catching good-sized mackerel, which are in strong demand from the markets. ‘There…
Scientists who have calculated the UK's ‘lost’ nutrients from fish exports for the first time are calling for a big push to get more people eating local seafood. Research by…
A landmark meeting of NAPA partners earlier this month brought together catching sector representatives and Coastal States’ negotiators, at which NAPA sought to reinforce its message that there is no space…
‘Pending clarification of the distribution issue for mackerel, we have set an interim quota at the start of the year, to ensure that the part of the fleet that starts…