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.
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19.1 The Delegations noted that according to the ICES MSY approach, catches in 2024 should be no more than 73,815 tonnes. This represents an increase of 25% compared to the advice for 2023. ICES estimates that discards and BMS landings are at 7.9% of total catch (by weight) in 2022. ICES projects discard rates of 5% of total catch (by weight) in 2023.
19.2 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 73,815 tonnes. This is an increase of 25% compared to the TAC for 2023.
19.3 The Delegations agreed that the resulting TAC for Subarea 4 and Division 3.a is 66,876 tonnes (90.60%), and the TAC for Subarea 6.a is 6,939 tonnes (9.40%).
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