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The collaborative approach now adopted between the pelagic industry and science bodies on data collection represents a major sea-change in fisheries management that sets the standard for others to follow, according to…

21st December 2023

SFPA: Scottish pelagic data collection scheme paving the way for a sustainable future

21st December 2023

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

UK government’s decision to restrict pollack fishing highlights the urgent need for more data about the species, according to the team working on the Pollack Fisheries Industry Science Partnership (FISP) project.

12th December 2023

Project seeks insights into struggling pollack populations

12th December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A proposal for the catch limits for 18 fish stocks in the EU waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak in 2024 has been put forward by the European Commission, with the…

26th October 2023

Fishing limits proposed for Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak

26th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Delegations of the European Union, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Norway and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on the management measures for mackerel, blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring in the…

25th October 2023

Northeast Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting and herring quotas set

25th October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The industry is warning of a repeat of the herring crash of the 1960s as Governments fail to stop overfishing.

2nd October 2023

Is a repeat of the herring crash of the 1960s afoot?

2nd October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has recommended cuts to 2024’s mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring quotas and an increase in the blue whiting catch.

2nd October 2023

Lower herring, mackerel quotas advised for Northeast Atlantic and Arctic Ocean

2nd October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The EU-UK Specialised Committee on Fisheries (SCF) has reached three agreements for better fisheries management between the European Union and the United Kingdom, the European Commission has confirmed.

9th August 2023

EU, UK make three agreements on fisheries management

9th August 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The downgrading of Northeast Atlantic mackerel from a green to an amber rating in the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) latest Good Fish Guide has been condemned as “overly harsh” by the Scottish…

6th April 2023

Scots fishers criticise advice to avoid mackerel

6th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK fishing industry is to benefit from an additional 140,000 tonnes of fishing opportunities in 2023 worth £282 million.

22nd December 2022

£282m UK fishing deal

22nd December 2022