After 8 rounds of coastal state negotiations and meetings between Norway, Great Britain and the Faroe Islands since last year's mackerel agreement was signed, we can finally inform you that a mackerel agreement has now been completed.

• Great Britain, Norway and the Faroe Islands are parties to the agreement

• Valid for 3 years; 2024, 2025 and 2026

• Norway got a share of 27.8% of the agreed total quota

• Norwegian have a quota in 2024 of 230,536 mt, of which 123,330 mt can be fished in the British zone

• The Faroe Islands get access to fish 40% of their quota in NØS - must be sold through Sildelaget

The EU does not have a part to the agreement, but is "associated" with the agreement through the TCA agreement between the UK and the EU, which regulates their share through a defined quota-wise strength ratio between them.

Agreement between Norway, UK and Faroe Islands 

Olav E Fiskerstrand AS had the pleasure of visiting Tokyo and Seoul. At this trip we once again got to experience great hospitality from our dear customers. We also attended the Seafood seminars in Tokyo and Seoul where we received important information about the different markets and the industry as a whole.

Pelagic manager Gro Valderhaug and general manager Eldar Overå had the opportunity to greet the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Marianne Sivertsen Næss to talk about the importance of having the same framework conditions as our competing countries.

Norway currently has a 7% tax when exporting pelagic species to Japan, while the UK only has a tax of 3.9%. Our customers have mentioned that this will have an impact in the future because much of the fish is caught in the same area. It is important that Norway gets a free trade agreement with Japan in place so that we can compete with UK in the future.

Management of quotas between the coastal states is another topic that was discussed, and which is important for the pelagic industry.

All things considered we had a great trip and we look forward to do it again.

Japan and Korea 2024

Survey tracks and distribution of capelin in January 2024 shown as acoustic values. Research vessels: Árni Friðriksson red, Polar Ammassak green, Bjarni Sæmundsson blue and Ásgrímur Halldórsson pink.

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) will not change the previous advice of no capelin fishing this season after last week's measurements. The reason for this is that only low abundance of capelin was observed and there is a strong possibility that capelin is still under the sea ice northwest of Iceland.

These are the main results of surveying on research vessels Bjarna Sæmundsson and Árna Friðriksson together with the fishing vessels Polar Ammassak and Ásgrími Halldórsson in the period 16-23 January. Off the east coast of Iceland, no capelin was observed and only a small amount was measured in the north-eastern part of the area, but these are the areas where the front of the migrating capelin is usually found at this time (Figure 1). The highest density of adult capelin was in the vicinity of the sea ice in the area north of Cape Horn and west of Kolbeinseyjarhryggur. To the west of that area, mostly immature capelin observed. Based on this distribution, it can be assumed that sea ice prevented coverage of the entire distribution area of the capelin stock. The amount of adult capelin measured now was only about a quarter of what was measured last autumn.

For these reasons, MFRI expects to go out again on capelin survey in February with the hope that the capelin has moved away from the ice or that the ice has retreated. Exact dates for the continuation cruise have not been set.


Source: Marine & freshawater research institute

News regarding capelin from MARINE & FRESHWATER RESEARCH INSITUTUTE

News today from The Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Fisheries:

In the coastal state negotiations on Norwegian spring-spawning herring (nvg herring) earlier this autumn, the coastal states agreed that the total quota for 2024 will be set at 390,010 tons.

Norway has decided to set a Norwegian share of 65.6 per cent of the total quota (TAC) in 2024. This is 255,846.5 tons.

The final Norwegian quota will not be ready until after the new year, when they have the final catch figures for 2023.

- The coastal states have still not agreed on a new distribution of the herring stock, but progress has been made in the negotiations. We will continue the negotiations next year, says Fisheries and Industry Minister Cecilie Myrseth.

Of the Norwegian quota, 270 tons are set aside for recruitment quotas (old scheme), 200 tonss for the recruitment quota bonus scheme, 890 tons for research and teaching purposes, 500 tons for bait quotas and 2000 tons for the open group for coastal vessels.

The distribution key for Norwegian spring-spawning herring (introduced in line with the Norwegian Parliament's decision) which has now acted as the distribution key for nvg herring in 2021, 2022 and 2023, will be continued in 2024.

The distribution key is 49 percent to purse seine, 10 percent to trawl and 41 percent to coast. The agreement from 2009 on quota swaps between the purse seiner and trawl groups for nvg herring and mackerel will continue as before.

- We must reconsider the Parliaments decision from 2020 and the guidelines that were made on the distribution key until we have a new decision to rely on, says Fisheries and Oceans Minister Cecilie Myrseth.

The provision for the open group of 2,000 tons will also be deducted from the total quota in 2024.

Herring quota 2024

Dear all friends, buyers and suppliers.

The holiday is here soon and the new year is just around the corner. 

We hope that 2024 will bring new challenges, possibilities and new relationships.

We would like to extend our thanks to you who makes what we do possible. We look forward to continue working with all of you.

We appreciate and respect all that you do and wish you the best holiday and the best wishes for the new year.

Let us continue to grow together and work just as hard in 2024.

Best holiday regards from us at Olav E Fiskerstrand AS.



HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND ALL OUR BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR 

On friday 27.10.2023 we had 4 vessels at the same time at our dock.

We wish you all a good weekend


Here are some pictures. 

A small update from us at Olav E. Fiskerstrand AS

Couldn't agree on a total quota for mackerel



The negotiations in London are over. One of the goals was to set a total quota for mackerel for 2024, but it was not successful.

In September, Norwegian negotiators were in London to negotiate, among other things, zone access to mackerel with the coastal states of Great Britain, the EU, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
The negotiations did not lead, and 17.-18. 

In October, they therefore met again in London to agree on total quotas for mackerel, blue whiting and nvg herring.
An agreement was reached on total quotas for blue whiting and nvg herring, but not for mackerel.





Two questions have been central to the negotiations on mackerel: Percentage distribution of the stock and access to fishing in other nations' zones.
- The main focus has so far been on ownership shares, but we probably also have to find solutions for zone access in order to arrive at a comprehensive solution, writes Norway's head of negotiations from the Ministry of Fisheries, Ann Kristin Westberg, in an e-mail to Fiskeribladet.





According to the government, the total catch value of the fisheries agreements Norway has with other countries was NOK 61 billion in 2022. Of this, Norway's share was NOK 19.5 billion.

In 2022, the mackerel accounted for a catch value of NOK 3.8 billion for Norway. Norwegian herring amounted to NOK 3 billion, while kolmula amounted to NOK 520 million.





According to the government, the total catch value of the fisheries agreements Norway has with other countries was NOK 61 billion in 2022. Of this, Norway's share was NOK 19.5 billion.

In 2022, the mackerel accounted for a catch value of NOK 3.8 billion for Norway. Norwegian herring amounted to NOK 3 billion, while blue whiting amounted to NOK 520 million.





Although the parties can probably be said to have come somewhat closer to each other, there is still a long way to go before a solution is reached, the negotiator points out.
According to Westberg, the UK and Norway are probably the two largest "mackerel nations" among the coastal states.
- The negotiations on the mackerel will continue at the beginning of 2024. From the Norwegian side, it is important that the final distribution solution does not deviate too much from the biological realities - that is, how much mackerel is actually found in the different economic zones, writes Westberg.





The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research writes on its website that a challenge for both mackerel, Norwegian herring and mullet is the lack of international agreements.
- This means that the fishing has been far above the advice in recent years, and we now see that this is particularly affecting Norwegian herring, where the spawning population falls below the precautionary limit, says Bjarte Bogstad, researcher and ICES representative at the Institute of Marine Research in a press release .
- Overfishing of nvg herring can have dramatic consequences
ICES recommends a quota of up to 390,010 tonnes for Norwegian herring. This is a decrease of 24 per cent compared to the advice for 2023.
The quota advice for coal mules is 13 per cent higher than in 2023, with 1,529,754 tonnes.





Since it did not prove possible to reach a comprehensive agreement, Norway and Great Britain agreed last year on a bilateral agreement to fish in each other's zones for 2023. The total quota this year is 782,066 tonnes of mackerel.
The agreement signed for 2023 involved a decrease from the quota in 2022, which was 794,920 tonnes. It was the same as the marine researchers' quota for 2023, a decrease of 1.6 per cent from the previous year's quota.
The Norwegian negotiating delegation for mackerel is led by department director Westberg and otherwise consists of representatives from the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries, the Directorate of Fisheries, the Institute of Marine Research, the Coast Guard as well as the business organizations Fiskarlaget, Fishing Boat, Pelagisk Forening, Seafood Norway, the Seamen's Association and the Herring Sales Team.

Quota mackerel 2024 - Fiskeribladet

Klarte ikke å enes om totalkvote for makrell



Forhandlingene i London er overstått. Et av målene var å fastsette totalkvote for makrellen for 2024, men det lyktes ikke.

I september var norske forhandlere i London for å forhandle om blant annet soneadgang til makrell med kyststatene Storbritannia, EU, Island, Færøyene, Grønland.
Forhandlingene førte ikke frem, og 17.-18. oktober møttes de altså på nytt i London for å enes om totalkvoter på makrell, kolmule og nvg-sild.
Det ble enighet om totalkvoter for kolmule og nvg-sild, som du kan lese mer om her, men ikke for makrellen.



To spørsmål har vært sentrale i forhandlingene om makrell: Prosentvis fordeling av bestanden og adgang til å fiske i andre nasjoners soner.
– Hovedfokus har hittil vært på eierandeler, men sannsynligvis må vi også finne løsninger på soneadgang for å komme fram til en helhetlig løsning, skriver Norges forhandlingsleder fra Fiskeridepartementet, Ann Kristin Westberg, i en e-post til Fiskeribladet.



Den samlede fangstverdien av fiskeriavtalene Norge har med andre land, var ifølge regjeringen 61 milliarder kroner i 2022. Av dette utgjorde Norge sin andel 19,5 milliarder.

I 2022 utgjorde makrellen en fangstverdi for 3,8 milliarder kroner for Norge. Nvg-silda utgjorde 3 milliarder, mens kolmula utgjorde 520 millioner kroner.



Selv om partene nok kan sies å ha kommet noe nærmere hverandre, er det fremdeles et stykke igjen til en løsning, viser forhandlingslederen til.
Ifølge Westberg er UK og Norge nok de to største «makrellnasjonene» blant kyststatene.
– Forhandlingene om makrellen fortsetter i begynnelsen av 2024. Fra norsk side er det viktig at den endelige fordelingsløsningen ikke avviker for mye fra de biologiske realiteter – det vil si hvor mye makrell som faktisk finnes i de forskjellige økonomiske sonene, skriver Westberg.



Havforskningsinstituttet skriver på sine nettsider at en utfordring for både makrellen, Nvg-silda og kolmule, er mangelen på internasjonale avtaler.
– Dette gjør at fisket har vært langt over rådene de siste årene, og vi ser nå at dette særlig rammer Nvg-silda, der gytebestanden faller under føre-var-grensen, sier Bjarte Bogstad, forsker og ICES-representant ved Havforskingsinstituttet i en pressemelding.
– Overfiske av nvg-sild kan få dramatiske følger
ICES anbefaler en kvote på opptil 390 010 tonn for Nvg-sild. Det er en nedgang på 24 prosent sammenlignet med rådet for 2023.
Kvoterådet for kolmule er 13 prosent høyere enn i 2023, med 1 529 754 tonn.



Siden det ikke viste seg mulig å komme fram til en helhetlig avtale, ble Norge og Storbritannia i fjor enige om en bilateral avtale om å fiske i hverandres soner for 2023. Totalkvoten i år er på 782.066 tonn makrell.
Avtalen som ble skrevet under for 2023 innebar en nedgang fra kvoten i 2022 som var på 794.920 tonn. Det var det samme som havforskernes kvoteråd lå på for 2023, en nedgang på 1,6 prosent fra kvoterådet året før.
Den norske forhandlingsdelegasjonen for makrell ledes av avdelingsdirektør Westberg og består ellers av representanter fra Nærings- og fiskeridepartementet, Fiskeridirektoratet, Havforskningsinstituttet, Kystvakten samt næringsorganisasjonene Fiskarlaget, Fiskebåt, Pelagisk Forening, Sjømat Norge, Sjømannsforbundet og Sildesalgslaget.


Kvote makrell 2024 - Fiskeribladet

On Tuesday, "Libas" delivered 190 tonnes of mackerel for consumption. - You have to ask the skipper what we paid, says a secretive general manager at Olav E Fiskerstrand.

- Team Olav is very pleased to get mackerel to the dock, says Eldar Overå, general manager of Olav E Fiskerstrand AS.

Admittedly, the pace is not yet the greatest, but all fleet groups are now represented on the registration list for Norway's Herring Sales Team, and mackerel is delivered both for grinding and for consumption.

After the first mackerel catches of the year have been sold for grinding at a record high NOK 10.40 per kilo, there has been great price tension. The question was how far can the industry go to secure raw material for consumption?

For a long time, only foreign vessels and the coastal fleet reported mackerel. During the last week, the Norwegian navy has joined the auctions of the Herring Sales Association.

- Mackerel fishing is a bit tougher this year than last year, notes Sigurd Vedøy, consultant in the sales department of Norway's Sildesalgslag.

Last week, "Ingrid Majala" of 62.6 meters and "Grimsholm" of 49.9 meters brought in a total of 135 tonnes of mackerel. The vessels are respectively from Silfaks fishing boat shipping company in Havøysund, and Grimsholm Fiskedrift in Tromsø.

Two new vessels were caught on Sunday 21 August. The 38.55 meter long "Sulebas" from Lending Rederi AS in Solund reported 120 tonnes, while the 86.1 meter long "Libas" from Liegruppen Fiskeri AS in Øygarden reported three catches totaling 190 tonnes.

- All the mackerel catches from Norwegian vessels have been consumed, says the sales consultant, who is no longer allowed to say anything about the prices.

It is easy to see that the fishing is poor, compared to last year's catch statistics. At the same time a year ago, Norwegian vessels had catches of several hundred tonnes. The 190 tonnes of mackerel that "Libas" delivered at Fiskarstrand were taken a month after their first registered catch last year, sales consultant Vedøy tells Fiskeribladet.

Only 12 boats from large coast and ring net are on the field at the time of writing. By comparison, there are usually 20 vessels in each auction when the mackerel fishing is really underway.

Despite this, Sildelaget is not worried about the season.

- We do not think that the fishery is poor yet. Most of the vessels have only waited a little, and it seems that more and more are getting started now, says Sigurd Vedøy of Norway's Sildesalgslag.

- We had no need to start so early, since we have access to the British zone also, explains skipper Ivan Berntsen on "Libas", and confirms the sales consultant's theory.

Both believe that the mackerel fishing will pick up when more vessels come out looking.

- We know there is a lot of mackerel, the foreigners have had good fishing this summer. When more vessels arrive, we get an overview of the mackerel. At the start of the season, it's a bit random, says Berntsen to Fiskeribladet.

The skipper did not come across any large deposits of mackerel to put his bill around, but still got catches of 55, 50 and 85 tonnes.

- We chose to trawl to collect some mackerel. It is clearly an advantage to be rigged for both trawl and seine, says the skipper to Fiskeribladet.

What was paid for the load that "Libas" delivered at Fiskarstrand, Berntsen does not want to disclose.

- It's a good one. There is nothing to say about the price, it's just about finding mackerel, is the encouragement to his skipper colleagues.

He himself sets course straight out to the area of 63–64 degrees north again, 160 miles north-northwest of Ålesund. "Libas" has a mackerel quota of close to 4,000 tonnes. The skipper is unsure whether fishing will take place until the entire quota is taken.

- The question is how the fishery develops, and whether we go to the British zone later. We are considering beyond the season, but will probably fish continuously, as long as there are good prices for mackerel, says "Libas'" skipper, Ivan Berntsen.

Eldar Overå, who received the mackerel from "Libas", is, as previously mentioned, happy to finally get fish to the quay. On Sunday, "Ingrid Majala" delivered its catch to the same place, and the company also buys mackerel from the coastal fleet that fishes in the fjords. With a small vacuum pump, they unload efficiently on land also from smaller vessels.

- The quality from the small boats has been very good, with fish of 300 grams, reports Overå.

The mackerel from "Ingrid Majala", which had an average size of 430-440 grams, was "fantastic".

- A Japanese customer who was here cutting said it was top quality, says the happy buyer.

- When the mackerel is caught with a trawl, the quality is "a little different", but that is expected at this time, says Overå further about the catch for "Libas".

- The fish is "skinny", there is a lot of feed in the early in the season, says Overå, who reports a fat percentage of 20 percent.

The fish buyer is not as happy to report on the price as the quality.

- You have to ask the captain about that, says Overå to Fiskeribladet.

He nevertheless reveals a few more details.

- When they have paid very high prices for flour and oil, then we have to exceed that price. But we have customers at the other end, there is a market and price level there and, says Overå.

- As a rule, those interested in good quality are the ones who buy it.

Fiskeribladet asks again about the price paid for the catch to "Libas".

Overå believes that the first catches of the year for consumption have gone for lower prices, since the quantities are relatively small and it is still early in the season. Furthermore, he predicts that prices will be "stable, but high".

- So far an it is an ok start, but we hope that more fish will come to the dock relatively quickly, because that is what we like, summarizes Eldar Overå, general manager at Olav E Fiskerstrand AS, who has secured several of the year's first mackerel catches for consumption

First mackerel catches delivered for consumption

Tirsdag leverte «Libas» 190 tonn makrell til konsum. - Hva vi betalte må du spørre skipperen om, sier en hemmelighetsfull daglig leder ved Olav E Fiskerstrand.

– Team Olav er veldig fornøyd med å få makrell til kai, sier Eldar Overå, daglig leder i Olav E Fiskerstrand AS.

Riktig nok er ikke tempoet det største ennå, men alle flåtegrupper er nå representert på innmeldingslista til Norges Sildesalgslag, og makrell er levert til både oppmaling og til konsum.

Etter at årets første makrellfangster har blitt solgt til oppmaling til rekordhøye 10,40 kroner per kilo, har det vært stor pris-spenning. Spørsmålet var hvor langt kan industrien gå på for å sikre seg råstoff til konsum?

Lenge var det bare utenlandske fartøy og kystflåten som hadde meldt inn makrell. I løpet av den siste uka har den norske havflåten kommet med i auksjonene til Sildesalgslaget.

– Makrellfisket er litt treigere dette året enn i fjor, konstaterer Sigurd Vedøy, konsulent i salgsavdelingen til Norges Sildesalgslag.

Sist uke meldte «Ingrid Majala» på 62,6 meter og «Grimsholm» på 49,9 meter inn til sammen 135 tonn makrell. Fartøyene er fra henholdsvis Silfaks fiskebåtrederi i Havøysund, og Grimsholm Fiskedrift i Tromsø.

To nye fartøy fikk fangst søndag 21. august. 38,55 meter lange «Sulebas» fra Lending Rederi AS i Solund meldte inn 120 tonn, mens 86,1 meter lange «Libas» fra Liegruppen Fiskeri AS i Øygarden meldte inn tre fangster på til sammen 190 tonn.

– Alle makrellfangstene fra norske båter er gått til konsum, sier salgskonsulenten, som ikke har lov til å si noe om prisene lenger.



At fisket er labert, er lett å se i forhold til fjorårets fangststatistikk. På samme tid i for ett år siden, hadde norske båter fangster på flere hundre tonn. De 190 tonnene makrell som «Libas» leverte på Fiskarstrand, ble tatt en måned etter deres første innmeldte fangst i fjor, opplyser salgskonsulent Vedøy til Fiskeribladet.

Kun 12 båter fra stor kyst og ringnot er på feltet i skrivende stund. Til sammenlikning pleier det å være 20 båter i hver auksjon når makrellfisket er skikkelig i gang.

På tross av dette, er ikke Sildelaget bekymret for sesongen.

– Vi tenker ikke at fiskeriet er dårlig helt ennå. De fleste båtene har bare ventet litt, og det virker som at flere og flere hiver seg løs nå, sier Sigurd Vedøy i Norges Sildesalgslag.



– Vi hadde ikke behov for å starte så tidlig, siden vi har tilgang til britisk sone og, forklarer skipper Ivan Berntsen på «Libas», og bekrefter salgskonsulentens teori.

Begge har trua på at makrellfisket tar seg opp når flere kommer ut og leter.

– Vi vet det er mye makrell, utlendingene har hatt et godt fiske i sommer. Når flere båter kommer på, så får vi oversikten over makrellen. I starten av sesongen er det litt tilfeldig, sier Berntsen til Fiskeribladet.

Skipperen kom ikke over noen store forekomster med makrell å sette nota rundt, men fikk likevel fangster på 55, 50 og 85 tonn.

– Vi valgte å tråle for å samle oss litt makrell. Det er helt klart en fordel å være rigget for både trål og ringnot, sier skipperen til Fiskeribladet.



Hva som ble betalt for lasten som «Libas» leverte på Fiskarstrand, vil ikke Berntsen ut med.

– Den er bra den. Det er ikke noe å si på prisen, det er bare å finne makrell, er oppfordringen til hans skipperkolleger.

Selv kurser han rett ut til området 63–64 grader nord igjen, 160 mil nord-nordvest av Ålesund. «Libas» har en makrellkvote på nærmere 4000 tonn. Om det blir fisket til hele kvoten er tatt, er skipperen usikker på.

– Det spørs hvordan fiskeriet utvikler seg, og om vi går til britisk sone senere. Vi vurderer utover sesongen, men blir antakelig å fiske fortløpende, så lenge det er gode priser på makrellen, sier «Libas'» skipper, Ivan Berntsen.



Eldar Overå, som tok imot makrellen fra «Libas», er som tidligere nevnt fornøyd med endelig å få fisk til kai. Søndag leverte «Ingrid Majala» sin fangst til samme sted, og selskapet kjøper også makrell fra kystflåten som fisker i fjordene. Med en liten vakuumpumpe, losser de effektivt på land også fra mindre fartøy.

– Kvaliteten fra småbåtene har vært veldig bra, med fisk på 300 gram, rapporterer Overå.

Makrellen fra «Ingrid Majala», som hadde en snittstørrelse på 430–440 gram, var «fantastisk».

– En japansk kunde som var her og skar, sa det var topp kvalitet, sier den glade kjøperen.

– Når makrellen er tatt med trål er kvaliteten «litt annerledes», men det er forventet på denne tida, sier Overå videre om fangsten til «Libas».

– Fisken er «buksvak», det er en del åte i den tidlig i sesongen, sier Overå, som rapporterer om en fettprosent på 20 prosent.

Fiskekjøperen er ikke like lystig til å rapportere om prisen, som kvaliteten.

– Det må du spørre kapteinen om, sier Overå til Fiskeribladet.

Han røper likevel litt flere detaljer.



– Når de har betalt veldig høye priser til mel og olje, så må vi over den prisen. Men vi har kunder i andre enden, det er et marked og prisnivå der og, sier Overå.

– Som regel er de interesserte i god kvalitet, leggeren kjøperen til.

Fiskeribladet spør igjen om prisen som ble betalt for fangsten til «Libas».

Overå tror årets første fangster til konsum har gått til lavere priser, siden det er relativt små kvantum og det ennå er tidlig i sesongen. Videre spår han at prisene vil ligge «stabilt høyt».

– Så langt en ok start, men vi håper det kommer mer fisk til kai relativt kjapt, for det er det vi liker, oppsummerer Eldar Overå, daglig leder ved Olav E Fiskerstrand AS, som har sikret seg flere av årets første makrellfangster til konsum

Første makrellfangster levert til konsum

Olav E. Fiskerstrand AS is happy to inform you that we have bought and installed a new vacuum pump for smaller vessels.

The new pump will give us the opportunity for more landings during the season.

The pump has a capacity of 20-30 tons per hour depending on factors like the size of the boats tank and ebb and flow.

This is a step we at Olav E. Fiskerstrand AS is taking to ensure high quality, freshness and even larger volumes in the future.

Thank you for reading and please contact us if you have any questions or requests.

Best regards

Olav E. Fiskerstrand AS.

New vacuum pump installed at OLAV E. FISKERSTRAND AS 

I am very happy that Norway and Great Britain has come to an agreement on the management of mackerel for 2023, says Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bjørnar Skjæran.

Mackerel is economically an important population for Norway, and ranks second after cod. All in all, the Norwegian quota for 2023 will be 245,688 tonnes after quota exchange and transfers from 2022.

- Great Britain and Norway are the two largest mackerel nations, and this agreement is therefore an important step towards even better management of the mackerel stock and reduced fishing pressure. It would of course have been nice if we had reached an agreement that covered the other coastal states as well, and I hope that the example set by Norway and Great Britain will contribute to the other coastal states gradually following suit, says Skjæran.

Negotiations on a new overall distribution for 2024 and beyond will start in the autumn.

The agreement between Norway and Great Britain covers, among other things, the size of the national mackerel quotas, transfers of mackerel quotas and the strengthening of scientific cooperation. Norway is also allowed to fish 135,141 tonnes of mackerel in the UK's zone

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Our factory is located at Fiskerstrand, approximately 25 km from the centre of Ålesund.

We handle and process both pelagic fish and whitefish from Norwegian and international vessels.

We unload fish for further processing as quickly and carefully as possible in order to maintain first-rate freshness and ensure high-qualtiy products.

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Both our wet-salted and dried and salted fish are in a class of their own among similar products manufactured on Norway`s Western coast.

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When the fish has been packed into cartons, it is put into a tunnel freezer and flash-frozen at -30C. All our freezers are equipped with monitoring systems which allow the temperature and storage conditions to be checked at any given time. The pelagic factory produces between 40 and 50 tons per hour from boat to freezer during normal production conditions.

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