Small Pelagics
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GLOBEFISH | Quarterly Small pelagics analysis - October 2025
02/10/2025
In the southern zone, the first anchovy season from 27 December 2024 to 30 June 2025 recorded 176 226 tonnes. Constituting 70.2 percent of the allocated quota of 251 000 tonnes, this volume marked the highest level for a decade.
GLOBEFISH | Quarterly Small pelagics analysis - August 2025
08/09/2025
By the end of the first quarter of 2025, the first anchovy season in Peru’s southern zone, which began on 27 December 2024, had resulted in 176 226.11 tonnes. Constituting 70.2 percent of the allocated quota of 251 000 tonnes, this volume marked the highest level it has been for a decade.
GLOBEFISH | Quarterly Small pelagics analysis - May 2025
20/05/2025
Global fishmeal and fish oil production in 2024 increased significantly year-on-year, boosted by the ongoing recovery of Peruvian anchovy landings with the waning of the El Niño phenomenon. Furthermore, early indications are that 2025 will be another good year for Peru.
GLOBEFISH | Quarterly Small Pelagics analysis - February 2025
07/03/2025
In October 2024, the Northeast Atlantic coastal States reached agreement on the 2025 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) limits for mackerel, Atlanto-Scandian herring and blue whiting at 576 958 tonnes, 401 794 tonnes and 1 447 054 tonnes, respectively. Except for a three percent increase in the case of herring, these quotas showed a decline by 22 percent (mackerel) and 5.4 percent (blue whiting) compared with the TACs in 2024.
GLOBEFISH | Quarterly Small Pelagics analysis - December 2024
28/11/2024
Pelagic resources in the North Sea have been overfished for years, and researchers are now calling for major reductions in quotas. However, since no quota-sharing agreements are in place, it is expected that the coastal countries will set their unilateral quotas again, and that overfishing will continue.
GLOBEFISH | Quarterly Small Pelagics analysis - September 2024
10/11/2024
The quotas for mackerel and herring in the north Atlantic have been cut for 2024, and the Canadian quota for Atlantic herring has also been reduced. Thus, there will be less fish available, and prices must be expected to rise. For anchovy and sardine in the Pacific, the situation looks more positive.
Key news
Rising Popularity on Norwegian Mackerel in Japan
24/03/2025
Norwegian mackerel is particularly popular in Japan, especially during the autumn season when the fattiest, fresh (un-frozen) mackerel is air-freighted...
Massive reduction in ICES 2024 herring advice
25/10/2023
Scientists are worried about the state of the small pelagic resources in the North Atlantic, and the International Council for the Exploration of the...
Tighter supply situation for mackerel, herring and anchovies
17/08/2023
The North Sea mackerel quota for 2023 was reduced by 13 percent, and the moratorium on the Canadian mackerel fishery has been extended, and there is...