Fishing quotas for 2024 approved by the European Council

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Published Dec 14, 2023

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European fisheries ministers reached a political agreement on fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Sea for 2024, covering over 200 commercial fish stocks, with provisions taking effect from January 1, 2024. Catch limits for certain fish stocks were increased due to positive scientific advice and improvement in stock conditions, while limits were reduced for others to preserve stocks in accordance with scientific advice and balance with socio-economic implications. The Council also made decisions concerning turbot and bass in the Black Sea, and completed bilateral and trilateral consultations with Norway and the United Kingdom on shared fish stocks in the North Sea and Skagerrak.

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It took three days of negotiations for European fisheries ministers to reach an agreement on fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Sea for 2024. For the Atlantic and the North Sea, in the case of eight fish stocks, the decision also concerns catch limits (Tac) for 2025 and, in two cases, for 2026. Overall, the political agreement provides total allowable catches (Tac) for more than 200 commercial fish stocks. All provisions will apply from January 1, 2024. The stocks affected by the two proposals are those that the European Union manages either alone or jointly with neighboring non-EU countries (Norway and the United Kingdom, read below). Thus, “following positive scientific advice” and thanks to “the improvement in the state of stocks”, ministers increased the catch limits for the following stocks: megrim (11%) and anglerfish (7 %) in Iberian waters, plaice in the Kattegat (19%), hake in the southern Bay of Biscay, Iberian waters and waters ...

Source: Pdm-seafoodmag