Trends of fish and shellfish capture quotas for Russian fisheries in North Atlantic in 2010-2011
More specifically, apart from the whitefish a large proportion of commercial species are displaying a downward trend. Full details are given in the below table.
Selected species | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
Cod (Barents Sea) | 300.2 | 266.0 | 231.1 |
Haddock (Barents Sea) | 135.8 | 111.4 | 88.1 |
Black halibut (Barents Sea) | 8.4 | 8.4 | - |
Capelin (Barents Sea) | 105.0 | 115.0 | 157.0 |
Polar cod (boreagadus saida) Barents Sea | 58.0 | 62.0 | 63.0 |
Herring (Norwegian Sea) | 141.7 | 201.3 | 210.6 |
Blue whiting (Norwegian EZ) | ** | 9.4 | 10.3 |
Blue whiting (FFZ) | 8.0 | 85.5 | 100.0 |
Blue whiting (NEAFC) | 45.0* | 54.0 | 60.0 |
Mackerel (FFZ) | 25.5 | 14.0 | 12.8 |
Mackerel (NEAFC) | 45.0* | 45.0 | 29.7 |
Perch ocean (redfish) Irminger Sea | 29.5* | 29.5 | 29.5 |
**TAC of ocean perch (redfish) of the Norwegian Sea (NEAFC), International Olympic fishery | 7.9 | 8.6 | 10.5 |
Note: A complete table will be published in the next issue of the Russian Fish Insider Report subject to resolution of the pending quotas.