Scottish fishermen slam latest ICES advice as North Sea cod cut again, haddock, whiting hiked
ICES is recommending reductions in the North Sea cod TAC of 10.3% and North Sea and west coast saithe of 24%; North Sea and west coast haddock is up 154% and North Sea whiting 236%
Nissui buys majority stake in UK processor Three Oceans
Japan's Nippon Suisan Kaisha has taken a majority stake in Three Oceans Fish Company, a Hull, UK-based processor of coated fillets
EU, UK reach temporary agreement on shared quotas
EU fisheries ministers agreed to keep applying last year's EU catch limits for shared stocks with the UK until July 31 as a temporary solution while negotiations continue
Scottish attack ‘flawed basis’ of EU-Norway-UK fisheries deal
After a 50% cut in 2020 and a further cut for 2021, Scotland's industry faces 'an unnecessarily difficult situation' for a stock that is virtually impossible to avoid in mixed fisheries
P&P looks for new waters after big hit from Brexit deal
Parlevliet & Van der Plas will look for new fishing grounds due to the impact of the Brexit deal, which means EU companies will lose up to 25% of their catches in UK waters
IceMar turns its attention to North America after most profitable year yet
By sheer good timing, the Icelandic whitefish processor installed a new frozen processing line for retail at the very start of the pandemic
US panel to settle hot debate over at-sea monitors on New England vessels
'The [NEFMC] preferred alternative of a 100% at-sea monitoring target appears based on the myth that federal subsidies are available now ...' -- Jackie O'Dell, NSC
Newfoundland harvesters try again to hold up Royal Greenland, Quinlan merger
If the deal for Quinlan Brothers were to go through, three firms would control about 75% of all fish and 85% of all shellfish processing in the province -- Keith Sullivan, FFAW
EU presidency willing to reopen debate on pulse fishing
German minister Julia Klockner admitted the presidency would be willing to reopen the debate and examine scientific opinions on the now-banned practice of pulse fishing
Lawsuit could make cod even more of a choke species for New England groundfish
'We have empathy for the fishing industry. But if we don’t act now [against Framework 59], we’ll never be able to challenge it' -- Erica Fuller, Conservation Law Foundation