by SPSG | Jan 30, 2020 | News
It was a slow start to the year for the Mackerel fishery for the Scottish mackerel fleet, with stormy weather curtailing their operations. But in the last week or so, conditions have improved, and the fleet is currently working at full swing, with boats following the...
by SPSG | Dec 18, 2019 | News
By Ian Gatt, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group The mackerel is a fascinating fish and a real nomadic wanderer, with their huge shoals taking them on vast annual spawning and feeding migrations that stretch from the south-west of Ireland and then...
by SPSG | Nov 21, 2019 | News
The Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) is calling for swift international action to protect the North East Atlantic mackerel stock from the unilateral and unsustainable actions of Iceland, Greenland and Russia in setting their quotas outwith international...
by SPSG | Oct 17, 2019 | News
The following article by Ian Gatt, Chairman, Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group, appeared in The Scotsman newspaper on 17 October, 2019. For fishermen and processors, it is always a nerve racking time waiting for the forthcoming year’s catch advice from the...
by SPSG | Oct 3, 2019 | News
The publication on the 1st October of the scientific advice for the 2020 catch of North East Atlantic mackerel by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has confirmed that the stock is in good shape, making mackerel an excellent sustainable...