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North Sea scampi fishing may carry a hidden climate cost, disturbing carbon that has been buried in seabed muds for thousands of years. Crustacean fishing (including Norway Lobster which is used […]
Capsize and foundering of the prawn trawler Odyssey in the North Sea, south-east of Peterhead, Scotland on 29th October 2024. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report on the investigation of […]
Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association reacts to ICES cod advice. Reacting to advice published by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) recommending a “zero catch” for Northern […]
The IBTS expedition: How it went in the North Sea. The international bottom trawling expedition has finished. Author: Bente Kjøllesdal “This year’s expedition had a pretty intense programme,” says marine […]
New project ECO-CATCH to ready Baltic and North Sea Fisheries for a fully sustainable future. A new multi-stakeholder project has launched to transform the future of fishing in the Baltic […]
Continued protection of cod spawning areas in the North Sea is recommended. Partial protection has had an unclear effect – stronger protection may have a clearer effect for a species that […]
Hake sets parasite record – no codfish has more Anisakis. Anisakis, or herring worm, was found in all the samples. On average, we found 840 herring worm larvae per fish, and […]
UK secures 150,000 tonnes of fishing opportunities in negotiations with the EU for 2025. The UK fishing industry to benefit from 150,000 tonnes of fishing opportunities – 15,000 tonnes more […]
UK reaches agreement on North Sea fishing opportunities for 2025. The UK fishing industry is set to benefit from nearly 300,000 tonnes of fishing opportunities in the North Sea and […]
High and low tide cause low and high methane fluxes. Methane, a strong greenhouse gas that naturally escapes from the bottom of the North Sea, is affected by the pressure […]
No sandeel fishing for 2023 in effort to protect marine ecosystem. UK fishermen will not be permitted to catch or swap any of the UK’s 5,773 tonnes of North Sea […]
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 season slowing down. Norwegian pelagic organisation Norges Sildesalgslag reports there was a modest catch of blue whiting last week. Eight different boats have caught 11,600 tonnes. The catch sizes […]
New understanding of plankton regime shifts in the North Sea. Scientists have explained that different methods of plankton analysis could give us a greater understanding of plankton regime shifts, and […]
Monetising Cod Recovery. The NFFO won’t be taking any lessons in cod recovery from Blue Marine, whose superficial solutions of slashing quotas were recognised as worthless, and indeed counterproductive, decades […]
Increased protection of Natura 2000 sites in the North Sea. The EC has adopted a set of fisheries conservation measures to strengthen the environmental protection of six Natura 2000 sites and two […]
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 […]
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 […]
AlgaeDemo demonstrates the full potential of seaweed. In Europe, seaweed farming is not exploited to its full potential, due to the usually small scale of the enterprises, the limited number […]
Good mackerel fishing for Norwegian fleet. After a lot of searching in both the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea, the mackerel finally turned up a bit for the Norwegian […]
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