Russia nixes plan to increase pollock quota in Bering Sea in 2025

Published 2024년 12월 4일

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The Russian Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) has revised its plans to increase the country's pollock quota in the Western Bering Sea, setting the total allowable catch at 700,000 metric tons, in line with scientific advice from the All-Russian Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography. This decision reverses Rosrybolovstvo's earlier proposal for a higher TAC, which was not in agreement with the institute's recommendations. The revised figure reflects the stable biomass value and optimal fishing load determined from recent studies.
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The Russian Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) has walked back an earlier plan to increase the country’s pollock quota in the Western Bering Sea. Rosrybolovstvo announced on its website that the country has decided to set the total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock in the Bering Sea at 700,000 metric tons (MT). That total is in line with scientific advice from the All-Russian Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO).The announcement does not mention that Rosrybolovstvo was advocating for a TAC of 775,000 MT in October – an increase from 2024 and against the advice of VNIRO scientists. "In 2024, expeditions were conducted to assess the state of the stocks. The studies showed a ...

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