No let-up in mackerel management logjam
In a letter to the Pelagic Advisory Council (PelAC), responding to the Council expressing its misgivings on the state of mackerel management earlier this year, DG MARE director Charlina Vitcheva…
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…
