Brendan Byrne of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association (IFPEA) and Aodh O Donnell of the Irish Fish Producers Association (IFPO) want to see tangible compensation for Ireland and other EU members for the loss of fishing rights as non-EU states have inflated their own mackerel and blue whiting quotas

EU losing fishing rights to rogue Nordic states

• Post published:19/09/2023
• Post category:Associations/Fisheries Management

EU coastal states are losing fishing rights to non-EU members because the European Commission’s scientifically informed approach to quotas is subject to abuse by rogue Nordic players, according to leading…

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Herring everywhere

• Post published:18/09/2023
• Post category:Fishing/Processing/Seafood

Pelagic vessel Beitir docked in Neskaupstaður on Sunday to discharge 1580 tonnes of herring to Síldarvinnslan’s processing plant. According to skipper Sturla Thórðarson, this was a short trip, with the…

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Era of unilateral quotas must end, say European fishing organisations

• Post published:08/09/2023
• Post category:Associations/Fisheries Management

Representatives of fishing industry organisations within the EU are calling out the actions of some coastal states in setting unilateral quotas – and subsequently landing high-value mackerel for fishmeal production…

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Westman Islands mackerel season comes to a close

• Post published:06/09/2023
• Post category:Company news/Fishing/Processing

The Vinnslustoðin fleet has had a good season this year on mackerel, with the whole of the 19,000 tonne quota held by the company and its partner Huginn caught and…

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Last mackerel of the season

• Post published:02/09/2023
• Post category:Fishing

Síldarvinnslan’s pelagic vessel Beitir docked this week in Neskaupstaður with 700 tonnes of mackerel on board, which is expected to be the company’s final mackerel landing of this season. According…

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PP Faroe Pelagic took over the troubled Kollafjørður factory in 2009 and turned it around to pave the way for other onshore processors in the Faroe Islands

Pelagos acquires Kollafjørður pelagic factory

• Post published:22/08/2023
• Post category:Company news/Processing/Seafood

Fishing and processing company Pelagos is set to acquire the PP Faroe Pelagic Factory in Kollafjørður, making the company the Faroe Islands’ largest freezing plants operator. The shareholders of PP…

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Herring production underway

• Post published:22/08/2023
• Post category:Fishing/Processing

The Icelandic fleet’s herring fishery has begun, with pelagic vessel Barði landing 560 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian herring to Síldarvinnslan’s Neskaupstaður processing plant at the weekend. Accordoing to skipper Thorkell Pétursson,…

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Mackerel fishery heads for the far north

• Post published:15/08/2023
• Post category:Fishing

The Icelandic fleet fishing for mackerel has shifted well offshore, following a spell of good catches in home waters. At the weekend Barði landed 1400 tonnes of mackerel caught in…

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Latest pelagic catcher for Norwegian fleet

• Post published:12/08/2023
• Post category:Newbuild/Shipyards

The christening of new pelagic trawler Sille Marie is taking place today (12th August) at the quayside in Kristiansand, the new vessel having been delivered to fishing company Sille Marie…

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Mackerel along the southern edge

• Post published:08/08/2023
• Post category:Fisheries Management/Research

Icelandic research vessel Árni Friðriksson has completed its participation in this year’s international North Atlantic pelagic survey. During the 19-day survey, Árni Friðriksson steamed 3250 nautical miles and and 43…

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