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…
Goodfish deviates from scientific advice with mackerel downgrade
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…
Lack of action on pelagic sharing threatens Coastal States’ economies and environment
The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) is renewing its warnings that continued mismanagement of North East Atlantic blue whiting stocks and ongoing political inaction on sharing pelagic quotas pose a very…
Feed sector’s call to action on blue whiting
In an open letter to the Norwegian government, the fish feed sector has outlined its concerns about the situation facing the Northeast Atlantic blue whiting fishery, and the real threat…
Sounding the alarm on blue whiting
It’s Barcelona Seafood Expo Global (SEG24) week, and the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) is using the world’s largest seafood industry exhibition as a platform to highlight the political…
Ice Chart upgrade released
Fishfacts has released a new version of its far north ice cartography capability, which was introduced in the summer to cover sea areas around Greenland and off the coast of…
Ecosystem survey underway
Four vessels are participating in this year’s ecosystem survey in northern waters, using trawl gear to gauge volumes of mackerel, and sonar data to estimate amounts of herring and cod.…
Will salmon producers boycott blue whiting?
The three major buyers of blue whiting, feed manufacturers Cargill, Skretting and Biomar, have already threatened to end the use of blue whiting in their production and the salmon industry…
Faroes set 2022 mackerel quota
Faroese fisheries minister Árni Skaale, in consultation with the Parliament foreign affairs committee, has set the 2022 quota for the Faroe Islands’s fleet. The quota is set at 155.804 tonnes,…
