Norwegian sandeel fishery comes to an end. The Norwegian sandeel fishery has come to an end and bad weather has caused difficulties for the mackerel fleet in the North, reports Norges Sildesalgslag (a Norwegian Fishermen’s ...
North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group established to drive improvements in management of fisheries. A new supply chain led initiative, focused on driving improvements to the management of the North East Atlantic fisheries for mackerel, herring ...
Covid-19 highlights importance of our pelagic fisheries. By Ian Gatt, chief executive of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association and Chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group One element that has been revealed during these challenging ...
Scottish fleet successfully completes annual blue whiting fishery. The Scottish fleet has successfully completed its annual blue whiting fishery in the North Atlantic to the West of Ireland and Scotland. About a quarter of the ...
Pelagics prepare for UK adjustment. The UK’s new status as an independent coastal state was widely recognised at a recent seminar held at the North Atlantic Seafood Conference in Bergen. An audience of invited guests ...
Deal reached on NE Atlantic pelagic stocks. Meeting in London over the past two weeks, delegations of the European Union, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Iceland, Greenland and the Russian Federation, reached an agreement on the ...
Scottish mackerel season in full swing. The Scottish mackerel season is now well underway with fish located in waters east of Orkney, and very close to Shetland and Peterhead, with the short steaming times to ...
North Sea herring fishery draws to a close. The UK North Sea herring fishery is now drawing to a close with most vessels expected to have finished their quota by mid-September, says the Scottish Pelagic ...
Iceland Catch Up in July 2019 – 95,000 tonnes of fish landed by Iceland last month The total landed catch of Icelandic vessels in July 2019 was 94.6 thousand tonnes which is a 1% increase ...
Success for Panamanian small pelagics FIP. IFFO RS has announced that the Panamanian small pelagics Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) has successfully transitioned onto the new IFFO RS Improver Programme (IFFO RS IP) procedures against V2.0 ...
Science sheds new light on mackerel fishery – The following article by Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group, appeared in The Scotsman newspaper on 7 May Fisheries science and the calculation of ...
Blue whiting stocks appear healthy, says Icelandic skipper. HB Grandi’s pelagic vessel Víkingur is on its way to Vopnafjörður in Iceland with a full payload of blue whiting caught at the southern end of the ...
Irish pelagic fishers welcome mackerel report. The Chief Executive of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO), Seán O’Donoghue has welcomed a report which has vindicated the position taken by the KFO regarding mackerel stocks and the ...
Why big is not bad in fisheries. In this opinion piece, Ian Gatt, chief executive Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association, outlines how the Scottish pelagic fleet has a vital role in sustainably putting food on our ...
US pelagic trawler to get TMC compressors. Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors, L.L.C. in Louisiana, USA, has awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) a contract to deliver a complete marine compressed air system to a 100 ...
Disappointment over MSC mackerel suspension, but work in progress to evaluate and improve scientific assessment process. A grouping of northern European mackerel fishing organisations has expressed disappointment that Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the ...
Investment for West African Processing plant by Cap Blanc Pélagique SARL (CBP), who have been operating their fish processing plant and coldstore in the port of Nouadhibou, in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (West Africa), ...
Article by Dr Steven Mackinson, Chief Scientific Officer, Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association. Scots Pelagic fishers help enhance knowledge of climate change. Climate change and how it affects our environment is one of the most talked ...
Iceland Catch Values Rise over Last Year – The value of catch from Icelandic vessels in August 2018 was 11.9 billion ISK, nearly the same as in August 2017, according to the latest government figures. ...
Irish mackerel quota agreement brings stability – The Irish fisheries minister says the outcome of the international fisheries negotiations between the European Union, Norway, and the Faroe Islands on the management of mackerel in the ...
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