Faroe Islands

  • Is the UK endorsing Nordic overfishing?

    Is the UK endorsing Nordic overfishing?

    10th July 2024

    AODH O DONNELL, CEO of the Irish Fish Producers’ Organisation offers an Irish perspective on the recent UK-Norway-Faroe mackerel deal The UK’s Trilateral deal with Norway and the Faroe Islands is raising concerns in Ireland about overfishing of mackerel in…

  • Catch it, kill it, cook it! – a conference with a difference

    Catch it, kill it, cook it! – a conference with a difference

    18th October 2022

    Fancy yours with chips? Seal tenderloin is sustainable, delicious and an environmentally friendly choice, the conference was told, prior to sampling sessions for the delegates. (Photo: Canadiansealproducts.com) Keynote speakers including the head of fisheries at the UN Food and Agriculture…

  • UK-Faroe meetings: Russia on the agenda, fisheries management not

    UK-Faroe meetings: Russia on the agenda, fisheries management not

    3rd May 2022

    The Faroe Islands government held a series of one to one political meetings in Westminster last week, as well as wider political meetings, against the backdrop of growing public concern about Faroese support for Russian fishing interests, reports Andy Read.…

  • How days at sea work in Faroe

    How days at sea work in Faroe

    20th April 2017

    This article on how a days at sea system operates in the Faroe Islands, instead of quotas, has been written for Fishing News by former Faroese skipper and fishing industry commentator Eivind Jacobsen. The days at sea system has been…

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