The global pollock quota reaches a historic high of 4 million tons in 2024

As expected by the industry, both Russia and the United States plan to increase pollock fishing quotas in 2024, with the total global quota approaching 4 million tons. ​ Among them, the increase in Russia's quota is relatively obvious. Next year's TAC quota is set at 2.28 million tons, an increase of 200,000 tons from 2023, an increase of 10.6%. ​ In absolute terms, the largest increase in Russian quotas was in the Western Bering Sea, with an increase of 14% to 700,000 tons, the highest since 2018; the Sea of Okhotsk increased by 6% to 951,500 tons, a new high in the past three years. , down from 1 million tons in 2020. ​ At the Groundfish Forum in October, Alexey Buglak, chairman of the Russian Pollock Fishing Association, said that the Russian pollock population is expected to remain stable in 2025/26, and that the increase in reproduction in the Sea of Okhotsk in 2021 will have an effect as early as 2026. ​ Russia's quota completion this year is still uncertain. ...