Economic link hike for Scottish pelagic landings
The Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SPFA) has warned that Scottish Government’s increase the economic link landing target of pelagic fish from 55% to 70% of catches which must be landed…
IFPO backs calls for decisive EU action ahead of December Council
A looming crisis faces Ireland’s fishing industry as catastrophic quota cuts that threaten the survival of its pelagic fleet, warns The Irish Fish Producers Organisation (IFPO). The industry is backing…
New man in the DPPO wheelhouse
After a number of years with Jens Schneider Rasmussen as chairman, the Danish Pelagic PO has a new chairman as Karsten Mølgaard, skipper of Isafold HG333, which he operates with…
New Themis order placed with Karstensen
Skagen fishing company Themis Fiskeri didn’t have to go far from home to order its new pelagic vessel. The order has gone to Karstensens Skibsværft, just across the harbour in…
Russia strikes fisheries agreement with Morocco
An agreement between Russia and Morocco, providing access to Russian fishing vessels to Moroccan Atlantic waters, refers primarily to mackerel and horse mackerel. ‘The cooperation agreement signed between our countries…
Critical need for agreement on mackerel
The European fishing sector, represented by Europêche, is urging decision-makers to finally agree on a comprehensive sharing arrangement for north-east Atlantic mackerel as thre Coastal States reconvene today for two…
Processors warn of fallout from mackerel TAC cut
While accepting that the situation facing the industry is down to the ongoing failure of Coastal States to agree on sustainable fisheries management, the European Fish Processors and Traders Association…
A million tonnes of overfished mackerel
The warning by the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) that over a million tonnes of mackerel in excess of scientific advice has been caught over the past five years has…
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…
