Russian and Norwegian fishermen learn full details of cod, haddock and capelin quotas 2009
At the 37th meeting of Mixed Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission in Bergen the sides have agreed to raise cod and haddock TACs 2009 and lift the moratorium on capelin fishery, reports www.fishnet-russia.com (www.fishnet.ru) with reference to Russia's Federal Fisheries Agency.
More specifically, the sides have set the cod TAC 2009 at 525,000 metric tons, 95,000 tonnes up on 2008, and the haddock TAC 2009 at 194,000 tonnes, 47,000 tonnes up on 2008.
Another positive development approved at the meeting was the decision on resumption of capelin fishery after the five-year moratorium on its fishery. The capelin TAC 2009 has been set at 390,000 tonnes.
Full details of the distribution of the TAC are given in the tables below.
Table 1: Cod, haddock and capelin quotas 2009. Distribution between Russia, Norway and third countries
Species | TAC, metric tons | Total Quota, metric tons | Handed over by Russia to Norway, metric tons | National quotas, metric tons | |||
| Third countries | Parts of quota | ||||||
| Norway | Russia | Norway | Russia | ||||
| I | II | III=(I-II)/2 | IV=(I-II)/2 | V | VI=III+V | VII=IV-V | |
| Cod | 486,000 | 71,800 | 207,100 | 207,100 | 6,000 | 213,100 | 201,100 |
| Norwegian inshore cod | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | ||||
| Murmansk inshore cod | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | ||||
| Total of cod | 528,000 | 71,800 | 228,100 | 228,100 | 6,000 | 234,100 | 222,100 |
| Haddock | 186,000 | 8,900 | 88,550 | 88,550 | 4,500 | 93,050 | 84,050 |
| Capelin | 380,000 | 228,000 | 152,000 | 228,000 | 152,000 | ||
Note: the capelin quota is distributed at 60% for Norway and 40% for Russia.
The sides have also approved mutual quotas for capture of cod and haddock in the both zones.
Table 2: Cod and haddock quotas 2009 of Russia and Norway for mutual operations in each other's EEZs (except for the Grey zone), metric tons
EEZ | Species | Total | |
| Cod | Haddock | ||
| Norwegian quota in the Russian EEZ | 140,000 | 20,000 | 160,000 |
| Russian quota in the Norwegian EEZ | 140,000 | 20,000 | 160,000 |
Table 3: Distribution of cod quotas 2009 for third countries in the Russian and Norwegian EEZs, metric tons
Total | Spitsbergen | Norwegian EEZ | Russian EEZ |
| 71,800 | 20,280 | 29,970 | 21,550 |
Table 4: Distribution of cod and haddock quotas 2009 for third countries in the Russian and Norwegian EEZs, metric tons
Species | Norwegian EEZ | Russian EEZ | Total | Of which in the Grey zone | |
| Norway | Russia | ||||
| Cod | 29,970 | 21,550 | 51,520 | 21,550 | 21,550 |
| Haddock | 5340 | 3560 | 8900 | 3560 | 3560 |
Table 5: Russia's quotas 2009 in the Norwegian EEZ, metric tons
Species | Quota | Note |
| Ocean perch Sebastes Marinus + ocean perch Sebastes Mentella | 2000 | Inevitable bycatch of up to 15% per each particular catch |
| Blue whiting | * | Can be harvested in the limited area of the Norwegian EEZ, the area’s coordinates yet to be specified, and in the fishing zone of the Yan-Mayen Island beyond the 12-mile zone. |
| Saithe | 15,000 | Up to 7000 tonnes for direct fishery, with the remaining volume to be harvested as bycatch in cod and haddock fishery. The bycatch is limited to 49% per each particular catch. Allowable bycatch in herring fishery is limited to 5% per each particular catch. |
| Sea cat | 3000 | For direct fishery and bycatch |
| Other species | 3000 | Non-regulated species as bycatch in fishery of quota-regulated species |
* Russia's blue whiting quota will be approved during negotiations of the coastal states having access to the stock, and the Russian side will accordingly informed in written form. The Russian quota will be set in proportion to a change of the Norwegian quota.
Table 6: Norway's quotas 2008 in the Russian EEZ, metric tons
Species | Quota | Note |
| Shrimp | 2500 | |
| Sea cats | 1200 | Direct fishery + bycatch |
| Plaice | 500 | Direct fishery + bycatch |
| Other species | 500 | Non-regulated species as bycatch in direct fishery of quota-regulated species |
| Greenland seal | 7000 (adult animals) | Fishery is allowed in the area of the Eastern Ices. |