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.
18 Plaice
18.1 The Delegations noted that according to the ICES MSY approach catches of plaice in Subarea 4 and Subdivision 20 in 2024 should be no more than 154,663 tonnes. This represents an increase of 3.1% in the projected catches of plaice in Subarea 4 and Subdivision 20 compared to 2023. ICES estimates that discards and BMS landings are at 60.6% of total catch (by weight) in 2022, and ICES projects discard rates of 54.0% of total catch (by weight) in 2023.
18.2 The Delegations agreed to establish a TAC for 2024 in ICES Subarea 4 (North Sea) and Subdivision 20 (Skagerrak) of 154,663 tonnes. This is an increase of 2.6% compared to 2023.
18.3 The Delegations agreed that the resulting TAC for Subarea 4 is 136,413 tonnes (88.20%) and the TAC for Subdivision 20 is 18,250 tonnes (11.80%).
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