European Union, Norway and the United Kingdom - fisheries consultations: agreed records 2023
Agreed records of consultations from meetings of delegations from the United Kingdom, Norway and the European Union, held between November and December 2022 on the joint management of shared North Sea stocks.
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17.1 The Delegations noted that according to the ICES MSY approach, catches in 2023 should be no more than 58,912 tonnes. This represents an increase of 18.7% compared to the advice for 2022. ICES estimates that discards and BMS landings are at 1.6% of total catch (in weight) in 2021. ICES projects discard rates of 3.8% of total catch (by weight) in 2022.
17.2 The Delegations agreed to establish a TAC for 2023 in ICES Subareas 4 (North Sea) and 6 (Rockall and West of Scotland), and Division 3.a. (Skagerrak and Kattegat) of 58,912 tonnes. This is an increase of 18.7% compared to the TAC for 2022.
17.3 The Delegations agreed that the resulting TAC for Subarea 4 and Division 3.a is 53,374 tonnes (90.60%), and the TAC for Subarea 6.a is 5,538 tonnes (9.40%).
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