Faroes ecoregion – Fisheries Overview ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Fisheries Overviews 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Faroes ICES Ecoregion; Greenland; Faroes
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.22047293; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Faroes_ecoregion_Fisheries_Overview/22047293

The majority of fishing in the Faroes ecoregion is performed by Faroese vessels. The vast majority of the vessels participate in a mixed fishery for demersal fish, such as cod, haddock, saithe, ling, greater silver smelt, and Greenland halibut. Two main fleet categories operate under an effort management system with separated allocated fishing days: one group consists of single and pair trawlers (> 1000 hp) targeting saithe, while another group, mainly longliners of all sizes, targets cod and haddock. A small number of large vessels target widely distributed pelagic fish, i.e. herring, mackerel, and blue whiting using pelagic trawl.Demersal fish constituted the majority of the landings until the 1990s when pelagic landings increased considerably. Total landings peaked after 2000, and a noticeable drop around 2010 was caused by a decrease in the landings of blue whiting. Landings of demersal fish, especially cod and haddock, have been low since 2005.Discarding is prohibited in the pelagic fishery. ...