Russia and Norway have reduced the cod fishing quota in the Barents Sea for 2025 by 31% to 453.4 thousand tons in an effort to restore the declining cod population. This quota reduction is part of a larger trend of decreasing quotas since 2014, aiming to return to the quotas of the 1990s. In response to being excluded from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in 2022, Russia has withdrawn from the organization, effective November 5, after its fishermen caught 297.9 thousand tons of cod, marking a 12% decrease compared to the same period in 2023.