ICES Recommends 20% Cut to 2018 Barents Sea Cod Quotas Citing Weak Recruitment
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh - June 13, 2017
The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has recommended that the Joint Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission cut the 2018 Barents Sea cod quota 20 percent from last year citing poor recruitment in the fishery.
The Council’s recommendation would set the total cod quota at 712,000 metric tons. This represents a 183,000 metric ton reduction from last year’s quota...
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