Barents Sea Cod Quota Trend Continues For Fourth Year
The Barents Sea cod quota trend continued for a fourth year in a row, with the Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission announcing its advice to reduce the quota by 31% in 2025.
“The Northeast Arctic (NEA) cod stock is continuing to decline following a period of moderate to poor recruitment,” the Joint Russian Norwegian Arctic Fisheries Working Group Report for 2024 reads. “Following the agreed Harvest Control Rule (HCR), the advice for 2025 is that catches should be no more than 311,587 tonnes.”
Norway and Russia have jointly managed the...
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