North Sea fishery settled after Brexit

Published 2021년 3월 18일

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A trilateral agreement has been reached between Norway, the United Kingdom, and the European Union for the management of fish populations in the North Sea. The agreement, which regulates the extraction of approximately 636 thousand tonnes of fish, includes species such as cod, haddock, flounder, blue whiting, herring, and pollock. The quotas for some fish species have been reduced for the 2020 year compared to the previous year, while haddock and blue whiting quotas have increased. The United Kingdom sees this as a move towards resolving the legal uncertainty in fisheries waters following Brexit.

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Norway, the United Kingdom and the European Union have entered into a trilateral agreement on jointly fished fish populations in the North Sea. The United Kingdom called it “the first step towards ending legal chaos” in key fisheries waters since Brexit. The agreement regulates the extraction of a total of about 636 thousand tonnes of cod, haddock, flounder, blue whiting, herring and pollock in 2020. For five species, quotas are allocated below the level recommended by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). Compared to last year, the quota of cod decreased by 10%, flounder - by 2%, pollock - by 25%, herring - by 7.4%. However, for haddock, the limit will rise by 20% and for blue whiting by 19%, according to the UK ...

Source: Fishnet.ru