NWWAC welcomes progress on eco-based fisheries management The North Western Waters Advisory Council (NWWAC) welcomes the progress made in implementing ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) in the North Western Waters. In its advice […]
Nominations for prestigious ICES marine science awards now open. Nominations for two of ICES prestigious awards, the Outstanding Achievement Award and the Prix d’Excellence are now open. These awards honour scientists who have made […]
ICES fisheries advice goes interactive. ICES has launched a beta version (test version) of a new app that visualises ICES fisheries advice. For the first time, users have the opportunity […]
Fisheries deal between UK and EU/Norway. Statement from Shetland Fishermen’s Association. Reacting to the deal between the UK and the EU and Norway on fish catches for 2023, and particularly […]
Agreement reached on NE Atlantic mackerel catch for 2023. The UK, EU, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and Norway have agreed that 782,066 tonnes of mackerel should be caught in the […]
Key commercial fish stocks at record levels. Stocks of Scotland’s key commercial fish species, especially haddock and cod, are at their highest level for decades, according to new official assessments. […]
EC sets out proposal for Kattegat and Skagerrak catches for 2023. The Commission published its proposal for catch limits for fish stocks in the EU waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Kattegat and Skagerrak for […]
Shetland fleet threatened by quota cuts based on uncertain advice. The financial viability of Shetland’s fishing fleet is under threat as crews face quota cuts to their most valuable catch, […]
MEPs quiz EC about bottom-contact fishing ban. Last week, MEPs quizzed Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli about Commission´s implementing act that entered into force on 9 October and established deep-sea fishing areas as well […]
Shetland Fishermen take steps to improve monkfish data. Shetland Fishermen’s Association has commissioned a new study to shed light on the abundance of monkfish. The work, already being undertaken by […]
NAPA and the MSC unite. “This overfishing can’t go on” – NAPA and the MSC unite in calling for tangible action on sustainable management of pelagic stocks at the 2022 […]
Newly published ICES advice reveals further reductions in catch are required. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) recently published advice on Northeast Atlantic pelagic stocks. The […]
ICES presents scientific advice for pelagic stocks. On 30 September the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) published the scientific advice on fishing opportunities, catch and effort […]
Sustainable fishing supporting global food security. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has published its most recent advice for various pelagic fish. The recommendation is a […]
Ireland hosts ICES annual conference. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has welcomed delegates to the annual conference of the International Council for the Exploration of […]
Civil society urges immediate action to protect fragile deep-sea ecosystems. Six years after the adoption of the EU deep-sea fishing Regulation that prohibited bottom trawling below 800 meters in EU […]
The 2022 edition of the annual Seminar on Fisheries Science of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) will focus on the implementation of an ecosystem approach to […]
Atlantic salmon group welcomes new MoU. The Missing Salmon Alliance strongly supports the New Memorandum of Understanding that has been signed by both the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) […]
New measures to protect Baltic porpoises. From 26 February, new measures to protect Baltic Proper harbour porpoises from being caught in fishing operations come into effect. Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans […]
EU fisheries ministers to proudly keep on overfishing in 2022 according to a joint statement from Our Fish and Seas At Risk. European Fisheries Ministers, gathered in Brussels to set […]