European Union, Norway and the United Kingdom - fisheries consultations: agreed records 2024
Agreed records of consultations from meetings of delegations from the United Kingdom, Norway and the European Union, held between November and December 2023 on the joint management of shared North Sea stocks.
16 Haddock
16.1 The Delegations noted that according to the ICES MSY approach catches in 2024 should be no more than 149,024 tonnes. This represents an increase of 17.8% in the advice compared to 2023. ICES estimates that discards and BMS landings are at 33.5% of total catch (by weight) in 2022. ICES projects a combined discards and industrial bycatch rate of 18.2% of total catch (by weight) in 2023.
16.2 The Delegations acknowledged the increasing divergence between actual catch levels and the potential catch levels advised by ICES. They agreed, nonetheless, to exercise caution by setting the TAC in line with the FMSY lower scenario as provided for in the catch options table of the ICES advice. This led to a TAC for 2024 of 118,955 tonnes. This is an increase of 74% compared to 2023 which resulted in a TAC of 101,421 tonnes (85.26%) in Subarea 4, 6,233 tonnes (5.24%) in Subdivision 20, and 11,301 tonnes (9.50%) in Division 6.a.
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