EU Fisheries Council

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fisheries ministers have agreed fishing opportunities for 2026 for the Atlantic and North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Sea. However, the European Commission has stated that it could not support the compromise reached on the Mediterranean. 

15th December 2025

2026 fishing quotas agreed for Atlantic and North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Sea

15th December 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The overall sustainability of EU fisheries is continuing to improve with more fish stocks being fished at sustainable levels, according to the European Commission. But it added that with climate change also affecting fishing communities – reducing the fish stocks…

10th June 2025

EU fish populations show signs of recovery

10th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Seafood Ireland Alliance, comprising five fishing industry organisations, has delivered its verdict on the outcome of the Annual Fisheries Council held in Brussels over two days of tense negotiations. A spokesperson…

12th December 2024

2025 EU fishing quotas offer mixed prospects for Ireland

12th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union and Norway have concluded negotiations on the management of shared stocks in the Skagerrak and Kattegat, quota exchanges, and reciprocal access to waters, with the new agreements securing key…

10th December 2024

European Union and Norway agree 2025 catches

10th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European Union and United Kingdom negotiators have reached an agreement on fishing opportunities for 2025 for more than 88 total allowable catches (TACs) in the Northeast Atlantic. The agreement will contribute to…

10th December 2024

EU, UK agree on fishing opportunities for 2025

10th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to distribute the additional mackerel quota negotiated at the December Fisheries Council as a matter of urgency.

27th March 2024

Irish fishers appeal for urgent access to mackerel fishery

27th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) CEO Seán O’Donoghue has given what he describes as “a guarded welcome” to the European Fisheries Council talks that concluded in Brussels on 12 December 2023.

13th December 2023

KFO: Fisheries Council outcome ‘acceptable’ to Ireland

13th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ireland’s fishing industry has welcomed a commitment from Minister for the Marine Charlie McConalogue to protect access to the country’s rich blue whiting fishing grounds, with him stating this week that he…

14th December 2022

Irish blue whiting boost

14th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Next year’s fishing opportunities for the fish stocks exclusively managed by the EU in the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, including deepsea stocks for 2023 and 2024, have been agreed by the…

14th December 2022

2023 EU catches adopted

14th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fisheries ministers have agreed fishing opportunities for 2023 for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, which include new catch limits for Mediterranean species with a high commercial value.

14th December 2022

Med fishing agreement

14th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fisheries ministers failed to set the Baltic Sea on a path to recovery and a long-term sustainable future at the latest Fisheries Council meeting in Luxemburg, according to a group of…

18th October 2022

Baltic quota reactions

18th October 2022