The catch limit for rooster in Iberian waters increases by 11% and that of monkfish by 7% by 2024

2023-10-26 00:35:51

The European Commission has proposed increasing the total allowable catches (TAC) for roosterfish and monkfish in Iberian waters by 11% and 7%, respectively, by 2024, as reported by the organization itself in a statement this Wednesday. The EC proposes a 10% increase in the TAC for hake in the southern Bay of Biscay, Iberian waters and the waters around the Azores, in accordance with the Multiannual Plan for Western Waters. proposes a 10% increase in the TAC for hake in the southern Bay of Biscay, Iberian waters and waters around the Azores, in accordance with the Multiannual Plan for Western Waters. Multiannual TACs Furthermore, the Commission proposes, for the first time, to set nine TACs for two to three years, known as ‘multiannual TACs’, based on the opinion of scientists from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). Among the communities affected by this proposal would be whiting and pollock in the Bay of Biscay, plaice in Iberian and Irish waters, crayfish in the Bay of Biscay and sole in Iberian and Irish waters. In total, the proposal published by the Commission envisages setting TACs for 18 fish stocks in EU waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Kattegat and the Skagerrak by 2024. One approach is based on scientific advice and covers fish stocks managed exclusively by the EU in these sea basins This approach is based on scientific advice and covers fish stocks managed exclusively by the EU in these sea basins. Thus, following the ICES opinion, the Commission proposes setting TACs for 12 at the MSY (maximum sustainable yield), that is, the maximum amount of fish that fishermen can extract from the sea without compromising the regeneration and future productivity of the stock. . This would mean an increase in catch limits for five stocks: roosterfish, monkfish, hake, horse mackerel in Iberian waters and plaice in the Kattegat. Zero eel catches In 2023, ICES reiterated that “the stock status remains critical and there should be zero eel catches in all habitats and all life stages.” ICES reiterated that “the status of the stock remains critical and that there should be zero catches of eel in all habitats and in all life stages.” Thus, pending the new ICES opinion for 2024, scheduled for November, the Commission proposes to maintain the existing measures for the protection of eel in all relevant EU waters, in particular in the Atlantic, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean. In the Skagerrak-Kattegat and the Baltic Sea, closure periods must be agreed between the member states concerned in order to ensure the protection of eel migrating from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea. Regarding the Mediterranean Sea, the proposal could be updated after the 2023 annual meeting of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean to take into account possible additional measures adopted at that meeting. The Commission has clarified that the proposal will be updated once the ongoing consultations with Norway and the United Kingdom have been concluded and with the decisions taken in various regional fisheries management organizations. In addition, five other stocks, managed exclusively by the EU, are still awaiting scientific advice (anchovy in the Bay of Biscay, three stocks of Norway lobster and cod in the Kattegat), while the TAC for anchovy in Iberian waters and in around the Azores has already been set until June 2024. The Council will debate the Commission’s proposal on 11 and 12 December and will establish the distribution of fishing opportunities for 2024 and, in some cases, for 2025 and 2026, and the Regulation will apply from January 1, 2024.
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