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ICELAND’S cod quota will rise next year but other quotas will fall including haddock.
However, Icelandic fishermen had been calling for a much steeper cod increase.
Iceland’s national cod fishing quota for the year beginning September 1, which is crucial for UK imports to the Humber, will increase by 10,000 tonnes, says Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture Jon Bjarnason.
Fishermen had been calling for a 30,000 tonne increase on this year.
Iceland’s fishing quotas are decided by the minister for fisheries, but he or she is legally required to make decisions in co-operation with the Marine Research Institute.
The increase in the cod quota will see it rise from 150,000 to 160,000 tonnes with a rough value increase of ISK 4 billion or 32.4million USD. Redfish will for the first time be split into golden redfish and deep-sea rosefish but the total catch will be 1,000 tonnes less next year.
The haddock quota will fall by 13,000 tonnes amid scientists’ worries that the stock is under too much pressure. The saithe catch will remain much the same as this year and Greenland halibut goes up by 1,000 tonnes.
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