The European Commission proposes increasing southern hake fishing by 10% in 2024 and multiannual haddock quota

The European Commission (EC) proposed this Wednesday to increase hake catches by 10% during 2024 in the Cantabrian Sea and Portuguese waters, and also proposed multi-annual quotas for nine fish stocks, including haddock and sole. Brussels included these approaches in the proposal it presented today on fishing opportunities in the community waters of the Atlantic and in the Skagerrak and Kattegat straits, around Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The EC initiative includes Total Allowable Catches (TACs), i.e. the maximum quantities of fish from specific areas that can be caught, and quotas (the allocation to each Member State) for eighteen fish stocks. For hake caught in the Cantabrian Sea and Portuguese waters, including those of the Azores, total catches would be 17,445 tons, 10% more than in 2023. In the case of the rooster that is fished in those same waters, Brussels proposes raising the TAC by 11% in 2024 compared to this year, up to 3,622 tons. It also increases the fishing ...