All North Sea articles
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News2026 fishing quotas agreed for Atlantic and North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Sea
But European Commission says it couldn’t support a compromise reached on Mediterranean fishing opportunities
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NewsStrong start to herring season
The North Sea herring season has begun with strong catches, boosting Scotland’s high-quality seafood exports
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NewsUK upholds sandeel fishing ban
Government receives sandeel arbitration tribunal’s final ruling, largely sustaining decision to stop sandeel catching in North Sea waters
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NewsEuropean Union and Norway agree 2025 catches
Secured quotas will provide the EU fleet with increased fishing opportunities in Norwegian waters
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NewsEuropean Commission: MAPs help reduce pressure on stocks
A new Brussels report highlights the success of multiannual plans in ensuring sustainable fisheries management in the North Sea and Atlantic
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NewsPutting ‘silver darlings’ on the menu
Fishing for herring - ‘silver darlings’ - at the only MSC-certified herring fishery in the north-east Atlantic is about to begin
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NewsEU on a mission to restore waters
Brussels names the 26 new projects that will receive €127m to contribute to the EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’
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NewsOyster reef revival begins in Belgium
The first large-scale offshore project to restore oyster reefs in the Belgian North Sea has begun
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News2024 fishing quotas approved for EU, non-EU waters
Following three days of negotiations, fishing opportunities have been agreed for the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Seas
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News2024 fishing deals agreed by EU, UK and Norway
Agreements will secure access to waters and important opportunities for EU fishers, says Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
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NewsLower herring, mackerel quotas advised for Northeast Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
ICES says a steep cut of 44% is needed in the Atlanto-Scandian herring total allowable catch in 2024
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NewsNew prawn catcher joins Scottish fleet
Macduff Shipyards Ltd has signed over its latest newbuild fishing vessel, Zenith BF 106, to owner Mark Robertson and his sons Paul and Adam
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NewsBenelux fishers in troubled waters
Ever-tightening EU standards and steadily rising costs are forcing many of the states’ fishers to leave the industry whilst also driving up the price of seafood
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NewsNEA 2023 catch deal
EU reaches agreements on the shared management of Northeast Atlantic stocks next year
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News2023 EU catches adopted
AGRIFISH Council agrees fishing opportunities for the Atlantic, Kattegat and Skagerrak
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NewsUK, Norway agree fishing deal for 2022
The United Kingdom has reached an agreement with Norway on fisheries access and quotas for 2022 through which both parties will permit some access to each other’s waters and to exchange a number of fish quotas in the North Sea and the Arctic.
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NewsUK, EU and Norway agree 2022 North Sea catch limits
A trilateral agreement on management of shared North Sea stocks has been signed by the UK the EU and Norway, while the EU and Norway have concluded a number of bilateral agreements.
