GABON EU FISHING DEAL – EU NORWAY DEAL – ESA PATAGONIAN TOOTHFISH – ECJ SPAIN FRANCE GREECE
December 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union and Norway have divided up common stocks within the North Sea for 2006, overcoming difficult conservation problems, especially regarding cod. Brussels and Oslo have agreed on a long-term management plan for cod, to come into effect when the stock has returned to safe biological levels. Both sides also agreed joint measures to fight illegal out-of-quota fishing. On the actual numbers - combined 2006 TACs (total allowable catch) for cod will be 23,205 tonnes, haddock 51,851 tonnes, saithe 123,250 tonnes, whiting 23,620 tonnes, ...
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