Cornish fishing industry representatives have expressed their increasing concern over the progress of the UK-EU negotiations on a fisheries agreement for 2025. At stake for the South West are TACs for critically important stocks including sole, hake, pollack, haddock, bass…
Difficult discussions on quota shares deferred to meetings at turn of year Coastal states have agreed to follow ICES advice on TACs for North East Atlantic pelagic stocks for 2025, and to set them in line with the advice. But…
NESFDP meeting told of wide-ranging concerns across Scottish industry
An international group representing fishing industry interests in the North Sea and west of Scotland has condemned ICES advice for a 22% cut in the northern shelf cod TAC for 2025 as unnecessarily precautionary. The Northern Fishing Alliance (NFA), which…
The basis on which ICES has recommended a significant cut in the 2024 cod TAC – despite an acknowledged increase in the biomass – is fundamentally flawed, argues the Scottish White Fish Producers’ Association CEO By MIKE PARK CEO of…
The NGO Blue Marine Foundation has announced it is intending to take legal action against Defra. Its action, it says, aims to force Defra to restrict the issue of UK quotas to limits within ICES advice. In setting catch limits…
The three agreements announced earlier this month between the UK and EU (Fishing News, 17 August, ‘UK-EU deal confirms new TACs and quota swap arrangements’) were welcomed by industry representatives speaking to FN this week.
Industry-led focus on improving stock assessments to build on November event A second international cod workshop examining how cod stock assessments can be made more accurate is due to be held in Edinburgh next week (23 May). A successful two-day…
The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has launched a test version of a new app that visualises ICES fisheries advice data, reports Paul Scott. The app allows users the opportunity to access and interact directly with…
The financial viability of Shetland’s fishing fleet is under threat as crews face quota cuts to their most valuable catch, based on advice that scientists have admitted is uncertain, says the Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA). ICES is recommending a 30%…
