European Union, Norway and the United Kingdom - fisheries consultations: agreed records 2025
Agreed records of consultations from meetings of delegations from the United Kingdom, Norway and the European Union, held in November 2024 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 2025 should be no more than 176,593 tonnes. This represents an increase of 14.2% in the projected catches of plaice in Subarea 4 and Subdivision 20 compared to 2024. ICES estimates that discards and BMS landings are at 62.7% of total catch (by weight) in 2023, and ICES projects discard rates of 57.9% of total catch (by weight) in 2024.
18.2 The Delegations agreed to establish a TAC for 2025 in ICES Subarea 4 (North Sea) and Subdivision 20 (Skagerrak) of 176,593 tonnes. This is an increase of 14.2% compared to 2024.
18.3 The Delegations agreed that the resulting TAC for Subarea 4 is 155,755 tonnes (88.20%) and the TAC for Subdivision 20 is 20,838 tonnes (11.80%).
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