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2023 Baltic quotas decided
Plaice is up and and quotas for both eastern and western cod fisheries are a rollover, but this still leaves Baltic fishermen with some very tight quotas for 2023 as…
No relief for Baltic fisheries in 2023
As fisheries in the Baltic fail to recover, proposals by the European Commission for next year’s catch limits don’t look likely to bring much joy to the region’s fishermen. Proposals…
The troubled waters of Baltic fishing
A long round of discussion in Luxembourg has resulted in EU Ministers reaching agreement on catch limits for 2022 for the Baltic’s ten main commercial stocks. Ministers have decided to…
Survey data has supported a decision by ICES to recommend a 2020 quota increase for North Sea sole
Increased North Sea plaice and sole quotas advised
The North Sea’s plaice and sole stocks are reported to be in better shape than had previously been estimated, according to ICES, with the 2020 catch recommendations for both adjusted…
Quota boost for Baltic demersal fisheries
Quota increases are proposed for next year for some Baltic stocks, including both western and eastern plaice and western Baltic cod, but reductions are proposed for some stocks, including western herring. The EU Commission’s proposals also include increases in Gulf of Riga herring and Main Basin salmon quotas. Reductions are recommended for the remaining stocks covered by the proposal.
Dutch owners order MDV-pattern newbuilds
The Hoekman Shipbuilding yard in Urk and the Padmos yard in Stellendam have confirmed that two new twin riggers have been ordered for Dutch owners, to be built on the same lines as the experimental MDV-1 that was built in 2016 for Urk owners.
Henk Senior – plaice hunter
Skipper Louwe de Boer has taken delivery of the new Osprey Group seine netter/twin-rigger Henk Senior, making only a brief call in IJmuiden after steaming home from the Nodosa yard in Spain to change gear, take on boxes and stores, and head plaice grounds.
European Commission’s Baltic proposals for 2017
The European Commission has set out proposals for Baltic fisheries for 2017, with a big increase in plaice, increases in sprat and some herring fisheries, but no decisions on western or eastern Baltic cod for next year.
Refit boosts fishroom capacity
Operators of one of only a few beam trawlers under the Danish flag, Erik and René Kloster found themselves struggling for fishroom space as there is nothing unusual about a 35 to 40 tonne trip on plaice.
Innovative Dutch rulebreaker
The new Immanuel MDV-1 breaks plenty of the accepted rules of how a fishing vessel should look. It was built in a little over a year as a co-operative project by the Padmos and Hoekman shipyards and delivered last summer to Urk owners Klaas Kramer and Hendrik Romkes.