mackerel quota

Mackerel TAC row escalates
19th September 2023
A joint statement by Europêche and the European Association of POs (EAPO), released ahead of the upcoming coastal states meeting in London this week, has echoed scathing comments from the Irish industry about the bilateral deal in July between the…
Blast at Scots government in mackerel quota dispute
10th May 2017
A Scottish PO chief says the Scottish government’s withholding of 12% of the 2017 Scottish mackerel quota from the pelagic sector is the wrong way to encourage more domestic landings, reports Tim Oliver. Scottish fisheries minister Fergus Ewing told the…
Scots minister withholds mackerel quota to deter foreign landings
13th February 2017
The Scottish fisheries minister is to take steps to require Scottish pelagic vessels to land more of their catch in Scotland rather than abroad. Above: The Shetland midwater trawlers Research… (Photograph courtesy of Sidney Sinclair). He has told the Scots pelagic…