Spain allocates adapted mackerel quotas
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has allocated mackerel quota across its Northeast Atlantic fleet, with a significant increase. The 2026 adapted quota of 1275 tonnes of northern…
Cod increasingly central to Greenlandic fisheries
The Greenlandic fleet this year has access to more than 50,000 tonnes of cod, with a 40,000 tonne East Greenland quota and a 16,000 tonne quota for West Greenland. The…
French fleet loses out on skipjack
The outcome of last week’s Council of Ministers was a bitter one for the French tuna fleet, and representative body Orthongel has criticised the decisions made, commenting that this is…
Extra cod allocated to Iceland’s coastal fishery
Iceland’s Minister of Industries Hanna Katrín Friðriksson has signed off an amendment to legislation, allocating an additional 1032 tonnes of fish to the country’s small boat coastal fishery. This increases…
Barents Sea cod quota cuts advised
Scientists have ongoing concerns about the Barents Sea cod stock and the situation remains serious. That’s the message as advice is delivered for the 2026 north-east Arctic cod quota, although…
North Sea herring quota advice down 22.50%
ICES has recommended a 412,383 tonne quota for North Sea herring next year. The reasoning is that the 2022 year class is considered to have declined. ‘In the stock assessment…
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…
