Fishing Industry News
Let’s leave the battlefield and ensure a healthy mackerel stock – together!
The Norwegian fisheries organisation Fiskebåt has called for a cease to hostilities over mackerel and to concentrate on ensuring …
Marine Scotland announces funding to tackle marine litter
A project to help remove harmful litter in our seas and raise awareness of its environmental impact is set for expansion after receiving …
Historic agreement for the Baltic Sea is a full-blown disaster
Since the European Commission presented its proposal for the fishing opportunities for the Baltic Sea for next year …
New Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs appointed
Deputy leader of the Labour Party, Bjørnar Skjæran, has been appointed Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs in the new government …
Seafish launches campaign on climate change impacts for seafood
Seafood businesses encouraged to find out how climate change will affect them ahead of UN Climate Change Conference next month
Fisherman issues stark warning after overboard brush with death
A commercial fisherman has issued a simple but life-saving message to his fellow crewmen after he fell overboard: ‘A lifejacket …
Ireland’s midnight ambush on Danish North Sea mackerel quota
Danish Minister of Fisheries, Rasmus Prehn has accused the Irish delegation of attempting a midnight ambush on his country’s North Sea …
Some Baltic Fish Still in Crisis as the EU Starts to Consider Ecosystem Impacts
Following the EU AGRIFISH Council press conference yesterday, 12 October 2021, NGOs expressed disappointment …
McConalogue announces increased funding for Fisheries in Budget 2022
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, has announced €157 million for fisheries and coastal communities …
Seafood Sector Task Force Report recommends a VPCS for inshore fleet
The Seafood Sector Task Force Report has recommended a Voluntary Permanent Cessation Scheme for the Irish inshore fleet to remove inactive …
Decommissioning and tie-ups will not restore Irish fishing industry
Sinn Féin spokesperson on Fisheries Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD has said that the Report of the Seafood Task Force released …
Europêche stresses that Baltic Sea fishermen in troubled waters
Today, after long hours of discussion in Luxembourg, EU Fisheries Ministers reached an agreement on the catch limits for 2022 …
EU Member States express solidarity with France over UK fishing licences
The EU Council for Agriculture and Fisheries has expressed its solidarity with the French over the issuing by the UK …