by Niall Duffy | Nov 6, 2023 | International, News
For mackerel, the coastal states agreed to set the TAC for 2024 at 739,386 tonnes. This TAC is in line with ICES advice, following the maximum sustainable yield approach and is 5% lower than the TAC agreed for 2023. However, in recent years, Iceland, Russia, Norway,...
by Niall Duffy | Aug 4, 2023 | Ireland, News
The EU must actively oppose Norway’s setting of inflated and unilateral mackerel quotas because it impacts the long-term sustainability of this valuable European fish stock and quota. This call comes from the Irish Fish Producers Organisation, who contend that Norway...
by Niall Duffy | Jun 30, 2023 | Featured Article, Ireland, News
The fishing and seafood industry has welcomed the Irish Marine Minister’s call to the EU to address the “detrimental impact of Brexit on Irish fishermen in particular.” “In particular, we welcome comments made by Minister Charlie McConalogue on the need to protect...
by Niall Duffy | Apr 5, 2023 | News, UK
The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) – a seafood industry organisation dedicated to ensuring stock sustainability for mackerel and herring – has criticised the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) latest update to its ‘Good Fish Guide’, which has downgraded...
by Niall Duffy | Sep 26, 2022 | News, UK
By Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group In the north-east Atlantic, mackerel management is in a state of hiatus with the Faroes, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, and Russia having all unilaterally increased their mackerel quotas outside any...
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