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Rise in whitefish landings at Lerwick There were 109,493 boxes of whitefish landed at Lerwick between January to June 2024, which was a 5% increase on the same six-month period […]
Icelandic fish catch in November dropped The total Icelandic fish catch in November 2022 was 70,628 tonnes which is 27% less than in November last year. The decrease is due […]
Busy autumn mackerel fishery Pictured here is the Shetland vessel Altaire landing her catch of high-quality mackerel to the Northbay processing facility at Peterhead last week. The Scottish mackerel fleet […]
Signs parts of Scots fishing sector recovering after pandemic Marine Scotland has published its fishing statistics for 2021, which reveals there are signs that some parts of the fishing industry […]
PTG expands to the UK and it establishes a new sales and service hub in Scotland Norway’s PTG is intensifying its focus on the industrial and marine markets in the […]
Ministers urged to resist campaign for quota for foreign vessel. Ministers must resist a campaign for additional quota for a foreign-owned vessel at the expense of Scottish fishermen. Prior to […]
Scottish herring fishermen pioneer new science work. By Dr Steven Mackinson, Chief Scientific Officer, Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association. The importance of scientific sampling to assess the composition of fish stocks […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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