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Two management agreements exist for the North Sea stock: The first is the EU-Norway plan, which states its main objectives are to keep SSB above 70,000 tonnes ( Blim), and fishing mortality at 0.4. The second is a newly amended cod recovery plan. The new plan sets a medium-term framework for the setting of cod quotas and fishing effort allocations to EU fleets. Targets are now expressed in terms of fishing mortality (0.4 in all sea areas), rather than the previous approach of increasing the spawning stock biomass. There are provisions for the reduction of mortality in the first year by 25%, then 10% thereafter for the North Sea and, depending on biomass levels, 25%, 15% or 10% elsewhere until the target mortality rate is reached.

The recovery plan adopts an approach set out in the Conservation Credits Scheme, pioneered by the Scottish sector in 2008, where kw day effort pots are allocated to member states, enabling them to administer their own effort in such a way that they reward sustainable fisheries. The effort will be adjusted annually to reflect the required reduction in mortality. Vessels that catch less than 5% cod and vessels that sign up to cod avoidance plans will be able to avoid these effort reductions. The effort pots will be based on the average effort deployed during 2004-2006 or 2005-2007 and member states can choose which reference period they prefer.

ICES continues to advise on exploitation of the North Sea and west of Scotland cod stocks in relation to precautionary limits, and recommends a zero catch in 2009.

 

  TAC
EU TAC
UK share
North Sea
28,798
23,902 11,216 
West Coast
302
302 
182 
 
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