TACs and quotas 08/09
The following table will chart the progress of the TAC and quota discussions - one can see the ICES advice for many stocks indicates many species are still being exploited unsustainably.
| Stock | ICES advice | Agreed Changes |
| North Sea | ||
| Nephrops | ▼13% Bring TAC in line with average landings. | ▼5% |
| Haddock | ▼9% In line with the agreed management plan. | ▼11% |
| Cod | Zero catch - mortality remains high and ICES view on current plan is that it is not precautionary. | ▲30% |
| Whiting | ▼68% thought to close to lowest recorded level. Recruitment also continues to be very poor. | ▼15% |
| Plaice | ▲13% | |
| Herring | ▼15% | |
| West Coast | ||
| Nephrops | ▼24% Bring TAC in line with 2008 landings - no increase in effort. | ▼5% |
| Haddock | Zero Catch and development of a plan - stocks in decline. | ▼42% |
| Haddock (Rockall) | ▼37% if EU claims 65% share of the global TAC with Russia | ▼5% ? |
| Cod | Zero Catch spawning stock levels remain very low level. | ▼25% |
| Whiting | Zero Catch spawning stock levels are very low. | ▼25% |
| Megrim | ▼44% TAC in line with average of 2005-07 landings. | ▲5% |
| Monkfish | No new advice | ▲8% |
| Other Stocks | ||
| Mackerel N Sea and NE Atlantic | ▲33% | |
| Western mackerel | No change on last year | |
| Spurdog | ▼50% - 100cm MLL To stop targeted fishery |
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| Porbeagle | ▼25% - 210cn MLL | |
| Common Skate | Zero TAC | |
| Atlanto-Scandian herring | Advice to be released on 13 Oct | Depends on advice |
| West Coast herring | ▼52% due to poor stocks | ▼20% |
| Ling | TAC 10,000t | No change on last year |
| Tusk | TAC 5000t | No change on last year |
