Pelagic

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A European fund established to compensate Irish fishermen adversely impacted by the permanent loss of quota due to Brexit has yet to be distributed to the pelagic sector some 17 months after…

1st March 2023

Irish demand fund access

1st March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet decreased by 50% or almost 110,000 tonnes in January, with a total 220,033 tonnes.

15th February 2023

Iceland’s catch halves

15th February 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built to operate under the Danish flag for its Swedish owners, pelagic vessel Astrid is the latest step in a strategy by the Johansson family to take a long-term view of the…

1st February 2023

New-gen pelagic catcher

1st February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The 2022 Northeast Atlantic coastal states made headway in their pelagic fisheries negotiations for the first time in 10 years, with a commitment to continued discussions on quota sharing for mackerel and…

17th January 2023

Pelagic progress made

17th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 22% or almost 260,000 tonnes last year, reaching a total 1,417,756 tonnes.

16th January 2023

Icelands 22 catch soars

16th January 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The Scottish pelagic partnership that has  taken delivery of new vessel Artemis started out fishing in 2020 with the former Resolute – the 64-metre pelagic trawler renamed Artemis – while its new…

5th January 2023

Artemis delivered

5th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A much lower pelagic catch led the Icelandic fishing fleet to land 70,628 tonnes of wild-capture fish and shellfish last month, down 27% from November 2021’s 96,641 tonnes.

20th December 2022

Icelandic catch falls

20th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU negotiators have reached agreements with Northeast Atlantic coastal states, as well as with the UK and Norway on the shared management of key stocks in 2023, the European Commission has confirmed.

15th December 2022

NEA 2023 catch deal

15th 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

Large cuts should be made to Northeast Atlantic herring and mackerel quotas for 2023, but next year’s blue whiting catch can increase, according to the latest advice from the International Council for…

5th October 2022

ICES issues pelagic advice

5th October 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The Chilean company FoodCrop has become the first pelagic fish producer to validate the traceability of the raw material used for its fishmeal production through ORIVO certification.

27th September 2022

Fishmeal validated

27th September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

It has taken a few years, and the pandemic that temporarily brought travel to a halt didn’t help in the development process, but the extended test phase for Thyborøn Trawldoor’s fully controllable…

22nd September 2022

Full-control Bluestreams

22nd September 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Scottish Pelagic Processors Association (SPPA) – the representative organisation for Scotland’s mackerel, herring and blue whiting processing industry – is calling for urgent government action to support it from the serious…

31st August 2022

UK processing concerns

31st August 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Recognising that with proper handling, the offcuts from processing pelagic fish can be used for more valuable purposes, EU-funded project WaSeaBi has developed new sorting technology that make it possible to separate…

4th July 2022

New pelagic sorting tech

4th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European fishing industry bodies have again called for EU action against Norway and the Faroe Islands after the two Northeast Atlantic coastal states unilaterally set “unacceptable” mackerel quotas.

27th June 2022

Mackerel quota outrage

27th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A total 563,609 tonnes of fisheries products were caught by Iceland’s fishing fleet in the opening quarter of 2022, with the landings generating a first-sales value of ISK 55.8 billion. Compared with…

20th June 2022

Q1 pelagic earnings soar

20th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A large blue whiting catch helped Iceland’s fishing fleet to land 33% more fish and shellfish last month, with the total volume reaching almost 143,850 tonnes.

17th June 2022

Icelandic catch growth

17th June 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Stadyard has completed the new pelagic vessel Skår Senior, which has been delivered to owner Roy Skår and his family

1st June 2022

New pelagic catcher

1st June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A bumper capelin catch helped Iceland’s fleet to land 34% more fish in the 12 months through April 2022, with almost 1.48 million tonnes of fish and shellfish recorded in the preliminary…

16th May 2022

Capelin lifts Iceland catch

16th May 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A huge capelin catch helped Iceland’s fishing fleet to land 40% more last month, with the capture of 145,432 tonnes of fish and shellfish, according to preliminary data from the country’s Directorate…

18th April 2022

40% jump in Iceland catch

18th April 2022