Iceland’s coastal fishermen protest
One of Iceland’s disgruntled small boat fishermen dumped a stack of cod heads and a placard at the doors of the country’s Parliament building to highlight dissatisfaction with how the…
Dramatic cod quota reduction
The Norwegian-Russian Barents Sea research group has recommended that the cod quota be reduced by 20% next year. ‘This is dramatic for the whitefish sector,’ said Audun Maråk, director of…
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…
Denmark opens Brexit support compensation applications
This is the Danish government’s fourth and among the largest Brexit support scheme and this makes DKK840.80 million available for the fishing industry. The scheme is open to active commercial…
Marginal increase in Barents Sea shrimp quota advice
Norway’s Institute of Marine Research has recommended that this year’s Barents Sea shrimp quota should not exceed 153,000 tonnes. This represents a 13,000 tonne incrase over the 2022 quota. Despite…
Capelin quota boosted
Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute has identified a large volume of spawning capelin off the north coast that had not been present during previous surveys, and has stated that…
Increased 2023 snow crab quota
Norway’s Ministry of Fisheries has set an 7790-tonne overall quota for snow crab on the Norwegian continental shelf in 2023. This is an increase of 1065 tonnes compared to the…
ICES revises cod advice upwards
ICES as revised its original advice for a 44% increase in the 2023 quota for North Sea cod, and now recommends a 26,008 tonne quota which represents a 63% increase…
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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…
Veteran trawler out of service – as quota cuts bite
Westfjords fishing company HG is taking its fresher trawler Stefnir ÍS-28 out of service, due to two successive years of quota reductions making it impossible to keep it in operation.…