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Prospects for cod are good for the next fishing year. (Photo Credit: Erlendur Bogason)
MRI recommends TAC increases for 2013-14
(ICELAND, 6/11/2013)
Iceland’s Marine Research Institute (MRI) has released its report on State of Marine Stocks in Icelandic Waters 2012-13 and Prospects for the Quota Year 2013-14.
According to the present assessment, the total allowable catch (TAC) for cod should be set at 215,000 tonnes for the next fishing year -- an increase of 10 per cent from the current fishing year. The MRI has estimated that both the reference stock and the spawning stock of cod have grown quickly in recent years.
In addition, the MRI expects that most likely there will be another hike in the cod quota in the medium term.
Last March, the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) evaluated a harvest control rule for haddock to be precautionary and in conformity with the MSY approach. Iceland adopted the rule in April 2013 and, based on the approved harvest control rule, the MRI recommends a TAC of 38,000 tonnes for haddock for the quota year 2013-14, and 5.5 per cent higher than that for this year, set in 36,000 tonnes.
But the TAC is expected to fall in coming years when the year class 2007 and older die off and disappear from the stock.
The recommended TAC for saithe is recommended to be increased for the upcoming quota year, and it was set at 57,000 tonnes. This spring, the government adopted a formal management plan for the saithe fishery, and the plan was evaluated by ICES, which then concluded that it is in accordance with the precautionary approach and the MSY framework.
According to the MRI’s report, many of the country’s commercial fish stocks are in balance and are being exploited moderately as opposed to being overfished. Consequently, changes in stock sizes and quota recommendations are generally affected by variations in recruitment.
By Natalia Real
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www.seafood.media
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