ICES revises cod advice upwards
ICES as revised its original advice for a 44% increase in the 2023 quota for North Sea cod, and now recommends a 26,008 tonne quota which represents a 63% increase…
Denmark boosts enforcement with new fisheries patrol vessel
The delivery of this new fisheries monitoring and enforcement vessel comes as Denmark ramps up its efforts to stamp out infringements in Danish waters. Nordsøen comes into service to replace…
Scottish fishing technology adopted as standard
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has agreed to adopt a new Scottish-designed fishing technology as the new international standard for co-ordinated demersal fish population surveys…
Frustration prompts fishermen to fund their own science
The Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) and the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association (SWFPA) are to fund additional surveys of North Sea stocks as anger grows over the failure to tackle…
Trilateral Norway-EU-UK agreement reached for 2022
An agreement for the joint management in 2022 of six North Sea stocks has been signed by Norway, the European Union and the UK. Catch levels for five of the…
UK plans decade of oil industry decommissioning
The UK offshore sector aims to spend £16.60 billion on recovering more than a million tonnes of disused oil and gas structures from the North Sea over the coming decade.…
Dutch fishermen plan Saturday demonstration
Dutch fishermen are preparing to demonstrate on Saturday, with around fifty Wadden Zee, North Sea and IJsselmeer fishing vessels congregating close to the Afsluitsdijk. The fishermen’s presence is expected to…
Scottish associations slam ICES advice
The Scottish fishing industry’s two largest fishing associations have strongly criticised ICES advice for cuts of 10.3% to North Sea cod and 20% to west cast saithe TACs for 2022.…
Britain shoots itself in the foot, says Norwegian industry leader
Negotiations between Norway and the UK towards a bilateral fisheries deal for 2021 have ended with no agreement reached between the two sides. ‘We had hoped for good co-operation with…
Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen
Norway strikes fisheries deals with EU and UK
Norway, the EU and the United Kingdom have today entered into an agreement on joint management of the stocks in the North Sea. In addition, Norway and the EU have…