The director of Norwegian vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt has voiced his dissatisfaction with the recently concluded agreement between the EU and Norway, stating that Norway was threatened with ‘irresponsible and…
ICES has presented its recommendations for 2025 for the main north Atlantic pelagic fisheries – and the advice for next year’s mackerel fishery is the lowest in ten years. ICES…
Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute has published its advice for quotas to be set for most commercial species for the 2024-25 quota year, which begins on 1st September. The…
Ocean Choice International has sold its offshore Nova Scotia scallop quotas to three Nova Scotia companies with a long history harvesting sea scallops off the coast of Nova Scotia –…
The Irish fishing industry is up in arms over news that Minister for Marine Charlie McConalogue declined to take up an offer of 3000 tonnes of mackerel for two years,…
The Faroe Islands and Iceland have agreed on reciprocal access and opportunities for fisheries in 2024. As in the previous year, Faroese vessels have opportunities for demersal and pelagic fisheries…
A suite of agreements on fishing in the North-East Atlantic and North Sea has been reached by the EU with Norway and the UK as a tripartite agreement on jointly…
Researchers Norway’s Institute of Marine Research have advised a hefty increase of 2500 tonnes to the snow crab quota, with quota advice of 10,300 tonnes. The quota for this year…
After a brief spell under the Icelandic flag, a trawler acquired by Brim is heading back to Greenland. Brim acquired Greenlandic trawler Tuukkaq earlier this year from Royal Greenland partner…
With negotiations currently underway in Oslo, there is serious concern with the Irish fishing industry that Norway could be handed a 150,000 tonne blue whiting quota with access to EU…