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.…
Patchy fishing, full production
Síldarvinnslan’s processing plant in Neskaupstaður has maintained full production of mackerel, despite patchy fishing over the last week. Mackerel are now being fished in home waters, and the company’s pelagic…
Lerwick reclamation initiative to benefit pelagic sector
DEFRA funding has been key to the go-ahead for the Lerwick Port Authority is to undertake another major land reclamation project, this time to accommodate future expansion by the pelagic…
Mackerel off Iceland’s south coast
VSV’s pelagic vessel Gullberg is alongside in the Westman Islands to discharge 1100 tonnes of mackerel, most of which was caught off the south coast. Skipper Jón Atli Gunnarsson said…
Management of NE Atlantic pelagic fisheries is in need of drastic reform, according to a report by ABPmer
South America shows Europe how to manage its fisheries
A new report by marine consultancy ABPmer contrasts the chaotic management of pelagic stocks in North Atlantic waters against the cohesive approach on management by the 15 nations that fish…
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Gearing up for summer mackerel
The Icelandic fleet has already begun fishing for mackerel in international waters. After searching for a while the pelagic vessels are at work in the Banana Loophole, with the first…
Norway and UK strike mackerel deal
The North Atlantic’s two largest mackerel fishing nations, Norway and the UK, have reached an agreement on the 2023 mackerel fishery. ‘I’m very happy that Norway and Great Britain have…
Efforts to restore oceanic Gulf of Mexico stocks
The Oceanic Fish Restoration Project, part of restoration in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon, is entering its final stages. The collaborative relationships between fishermen and NOAA that evolved…
North Sea herring quota lift advised
ICES has advised that the 2024 quota for North Sea herring could be increased by 28.3%, to a maximum of 532,166 tonnes. This year’s quota for direct fishing is 403,813…
Latest RFC factory trawler fishing
The Russian Fishery Company’s new factory trawler Mekanik Maslak has completed sea trials carried out around the Kuril Islands following its delivery bythe Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg. The new…
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