Mar 28, 2023 | Fishing Quotas, Latest News, News Articles
The EU has given Norway permission to catch four times more blue whiting in Irish waters than Irish fishermen and women are allowed. Under the deal, Norwegian fishers can catch 224,000 metric tonnes of blue whiting in Irish waters this year — an increase of 110,000...
Mar 28, 2023 | Fishing Quotas, Latest News, News Releases
Fishing Industry Cautious on Nor-EU Deal Norway’s gains under their latest EU deal allows them to catch 4.5 times our blue whiting quota in our own EEZ. That’s according to Irish fishing industry leaders who welcome Norway’s exclusion from the Irish Box but say...
Mar 22, 2023 | Latest News, News Articles
89% Increase in Irish Blue Whiting Fishery Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue welcomed the conclusion on Monday (20 March) of prolonged negotiations between the European Union and Norway, resulting in a bilateral fisheries agreement for 2023. And for Ireland, the...
Mar 8, 2023 | Fishing Quotas, Latest News, News Articles
Brexit appears to have added to tensions in the busy fishing waters in the west Atlantic, with tempers rising in talks between the European Union and Norway and a rise in enforcement actions by Irish authorities against British vessels. Data provided to SeafoodSource...
Feb 10, 2023 | Latest News, News Articles
‘Truculent Norwegians Must Be Stopped’ Say Irish Fishing Chiefs. Ireland is facing into the worst year in its fish processing history; it is better to have no deal than to have a bad deal, according to the country’s major fish producer organisations as...
