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Massive Cuts in Baltic Herring Advised Scientific Advice states that Baltic Sea herring stocks are below safe levels. NGOs: “stop while there is still time” The International Council for the […]
Blue whiting season gradually winds down. As expected, there was a modest quantity of blue whiting caught by the Norwegian fleet, with 12,000 tonnes in the record, reports pelagic organisation, […]
Blue Whiting Fishery Progressing Well for Scots fleet. The blue whiting fishery for the Scottish fleet is progressing well with the fish slowly making their way northwards and boats currently […]
Coastal States fail spectacularly to meet their own deadline to agree shares on Northeast Atlantic Mackerel. TIME’S UP! In December 2022, the Northeast Atlantic Coastal States announced they had set […]
Nations must act decisively at critical moment for North East Atlantic mackerel The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is calling on Coastal States that harvest North East Atlantic (NEA) mackerel to […]
Fresh herrings in Amalfi lemons. Amalfi lemons, thought to be the best in the world, are big and not the most attractive fruits but taste beautifully sweet. If Amalfi lemons […]
Norway reports a good Icelandic capelin fishery this year. The capelin fishery in Iceland is over and the first capelin catch has been taken from the Barents Sea, reports Norwegian […]
Successful start-of-the-year fishery for Scottish mackerel fleet. The start-of-the-year Scottish mackerel fishery was successfully completed by the week ending 11 February, with the last fish caught on grounds to the […]
Golden opportunity for Northeast Atlantic blue whiting: “Don’t blow it” say top seafood supply-chain businesses. Blue whiting: A narrative of mismanagement. Blue whiting is a prized, pelagic quota species of […]
Steady fishing by Norwegian fleet for herring and mackerel According to the Norwegian pelagic sales organisation Norges Sildsalgslag, week 3 of the year for Norwegian spring spawning herring (NVG) has […]
Scottish January mackerel fishery in full swing The traditional start-of-the-year mackerel fishery for the Scottish fleet is progressing well, with boats reporting good marks of fish. Fishing commenced in early […]
Good early year herring catches in Norway Almost 1,000 tonnes of Norwegian spring spawning (NVG) herring have been caught in the Kvænangen and Reisafjorden areas of Norway by five vessels […]
Norway’s Seafood Exports Worth NOK 151.4 billion in 2022 2022 was the best year ever for Norwegian seafood exports. Norway exported 2.9 million tonnes of seafood to a value of […]
Several freezer-trawlers from the Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association (PFA) have been fishing for herring in the English Channel in December. Explaining in more detail about their operations, the PFA says: “Pelagic […]
New Irish fishery for spurdog. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. met virtually last week with the members of the National Inshore Fisheries Forum (NIFF). […]
Good herring fishing for Norwegian fleet. Fishing for Norwegian spring spawning herring was very good at the beginning of last week with Tuesday being the best day with well over […]
Scottish seas reveal their natural riches By Keith Broomfield Pictured here a few days ago is a creel vessel off Melvaig in the Scottish north-west Highlands. The sea here in […]
Put super tasty North Sea herring on the menu this summer. With the Scottish North Sea herring season now underway, this is the perfect time for consumers to include this […]
Oceana Canada calls for rethink on capelin fishery. Oceana Canada says the recent decision by Canadian Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray to continue overfishing capelin, a critically depleted forage fish in […]
Global supply chain unites in support of sustainable Northeast Atlantic pelagics, as NAPA nets top organisations from Canada, Australia, and Italy. Three more major organisations have pledged their support to […]
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