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.
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19.1 The Delegations noted that according to the ICES MSY approach, catches in 2025 should be no more than 79,071 tonnes. This represents an increase of 7.1% compared to the advice for 2024. ICES estimates that discards and BMS landings are at 5.5% of total catch (by weight) in 2023. ICES projects discard rates of 4.2% of total catch (by weight) in 2024.
19.2 The Delegations agreed to establish a TAC for 2025 in ICES Subareas 4 (North Sea) and 6 (Rockall and West of Scotland), and Division 3.a (Skagerrak and Kattegat) of 79,071 tonnes. This is an increase of 7.1% compared to the TAC for 2024.
19.3 The Delegations agreed that the resulting TAC for Subarea 4 and Division 3.a is 71,638 tonnes (90.60%), and the TAC for Subarea 6.a is 7,433 tonnes (9.40%).
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