The international negotiations on the key pelagic stocks this autumn will be challenging, said director general from Norwegian fisheries ministry

Johan Pall Joensen appointed head of Pelagos, the new venture backed by Bakkafrost and Framherji to build the Faroe Islands' third pelagic plant for human consumption

By Eva Tallaksen

Scottish pelagic processor is confident it will repay all creditors as figures show its bottom line fell by £5.5m in the financial year preceding the sale of most of its assets to a JV with Interfish

By Eva Tallaksen

Oslo-based Ocean Harvest has appointed Alan Mackern as new chairman of its Argentina subsidiary Estremar, as its newly converted H&G trawler starts fishing for hoki and toothfish

By Eva Tallaksen

Argentina's largest toothfish catcher Estremar swapped its trawler's surimi lines for H&G and filleting equipment as part of a company restructuring last year

Any fishmeal and fish oil factory can now apply for certification to the IFFO's responsible sourcing standard, which covers 40% of world supply already

Increase of 86% in TAC agreed on by the EU, Iceland, Norway and the Faroes, exceeding recommendation from ICES by some 200,000t

Norwegian vessels allowed to catch up to 80,000t of blue whiting in Faroes waters, while Faroes can catch cod, haddock and saithe in Norwegian zone

Deepwater Group welcomes decision to raise the catch limit in the main southern blue whiting fishery near Campbell Island from 30,000 metric tons to 40,000t

Government says deal should be reached by email as soon as possible, as it accuses EU of dragging the process along, and warns further delay will be reflected in parties' access to Norwegian waters for herring