Faroe Islands FTA with Turkey another blow for Scottish pelagic industry
The Faroe Islands have signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Turkey in a move that Scottish pelagic industry members have described as “another dev...
Shetland fishermen want to scrap Faroese mackerel deal
The Shetland Fishermen’s Association (SFA) wants the EU to Norway to cancel the increased mackerel quota it awarded the Faroe Islands in the wake of a...
Icelandic Fisheries Minister: Quotas ‘based on science’
Icelandic Fisheries Minister Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson has said that he has drawn up the total catch quotas for most species of fish for the upcoming f...
Faroe Islands and EU resolve herring crisis
The European Union and the Faroe Islands have come to an agreement to settle a herring dispute, with the EU ready to drop sanctions it had imposed on ...
Iceland President: Climate change affecting fish stocks
Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson has said climate change is hugely impacting the fish stocks in the Arctic. He explained that with the ...
Iceland: Mackerel deal will affect stocks
Icelandic fishing and environmental groups have claimed Norway and the EU have agreed a deal that could have a negative impact on the mackerel stock i...
Irish MEP wants Iceland to face sanctions
Irish MEP Pat ‘the Cop’ Gallagher has urged the European Commission to impose sanctions on Iceland, saying that the North Atlantic nation has been fis...
EU discuss mackerel quotas
European Union mackerel fishermen have held the first round of talks with EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki over mackerel quotas issues in Brus...