The European Union and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on fishing opportunities for 2025 for 88 shared stocks in the North-East Atlantic, the European Commission announced on Monday 9 December.
This agreement (https://aeur.eu/f/eq4 ) provides the EU fleet with total allowable catches (TACs) of around 428,000 tonnes (t), with an estimated commercial value of almost €1.4 billion.
For the EU, this includes 157,780 t of herring in the North Sea, 37,462 t of herring in the southern North Sea and eastern Channel, 59,097 t of horse mackerel, 25,446 t of saithe in the North Sea, 36,440 t of monkfish (for the EU) in the Channel and Celtic Sea, 7,106 t of cod in the North Sea, 2,578 t of cod in the Celtic Sea (by-catches only), 209 t of cod (West of Scotland), 11,686 t of haddock in the North Sea, 5,082 t of haddock in the Celtic Sea, 25,723 t of hake (Scotland, Channel and Celtic Sea), 15,724 t of megrim, 9,680 t of Norway lobster in the Channel and Celtic Sea, 8,300 t of sole in the North Sea and 28,726 t of whiting in the Celtic Sea.
Negotiations were also fruitful with Norway (https://aeur.eu/f/eq5 ): the EU will receive 10,316 tonnes of ‘Arctic cod’ in 2025 and will transfer 81,750 tonnes of blue whiting and 1,700 tonnes of deep-water prawns to Norway. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)