Icelandic fish catch advice released

Icelandic fish catch advice released. Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute’s advice on fishing opportunities for 28 fish stocks in Icelandic waters in the 2022/2023 quota year has been released and is available from the MFRI website under Advice. MFRI advises a TAC of 208 846 t of cod for the fishing year. The advised TAC is a 6% decline from the current fishing year’s TAC of 222 373 t. The advice is based on the management plan adopted by Icelandic authorities. The reason for the decrease is due to a lower estimate of the reference biomass compared to previous years and the effect of the catch stabiliser in the harvest control rule. The reference biomass of cod is expected to increase slightly in the next two to three years when the 2019 and 2020 cohorts enter the reference biomass as they are estimated to be above average in terms of size. According to the Icelandic management plan, the TAC for haddock in 2022/2023 will be 62 219 tonnes which is an 23% increase ...