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%…
Sampling is now carried out by Scottish pelagic crews as a routine part of every haul. Fishing News recently reported that Scottish pelagic vessels now actively participate in gathering the biological data that inform how fisheries are managed. This new…
There are hopes for a more realistic TAC for North Sea cod next year, after ICES agreed to hold an international workshop later this year with industry representatives to look in-depth at the stock situation and stock assessments, reports Tim…
Fishing News readers with long memories may remember seeing many a small boat hauling fyke nets in estuaries and harbours for the live eel market. We carried for many years a small classified ad for Mick’s Eels, the last of…
UK officials and ministers are aiming to reach an agreement with the EU on fishing opportunities for 2022 by 10 December, according to the NFFO. The federation says the two sides hope to avoid ‘the prolonged and torturous process’ that…
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