Small Pelagics

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.

GLOBEFISH | Quarterly small pelagics analysis - June 2024

03/06/2024

While Atlantic mackerel resources appear to be in good shape, Atlantic herring appears to be in trouble. Researchers have shown that the stocks are diminishing; and at the same time, environmental lobbyists warn that unless some protective measures are introduced immediately, the Atlanto-Scandian herring resource may collapse by 2026.

GLOBEFISH | Quarterly small pelagics analysis - April 2024

02/04/2024

Stocks of both mackerel and herring in the North Sea have been strongly exploited in recent years, to the point that scientists are now recommending reduced quotas. Elsewhere, in Peru, supplies of anchovy were significantly reduced when the country closed the second fishing season in January 2024, leaving 25 percent of the quota uncaught.