The negotiations on fishing quotas for 2006 will take place during the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on 20-21 December.
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As the annual negotiations to set fishing quotas for next year approach, Oceana urges Ministers not to dodge the difficult decisions that need to be made in order to prevent the collapse of many stocks. In advance of the Fisheries Council meeting, the European Commission has tabled a timid set of proposals for 2006 quotas, calling it a “gradual approach”, no doubt anticipating the usual reluctance of Ministers to face the crisis and accept scientific advice which could lead to reductions in fishing activity unpopular at home.
“As stocks continue to struggle, and species such as cod, hake, anchovy, rays and sharks are threatened, now is not the time for timidness by our decision makers, ” said Xavier Pastor, the fisheries biologist and Director of Oceana Europe
Although a number of the TACs proposed by the Commission follow scientific advice, there are some alarming cases where the advice is not heeded and far higher catches are proposed, especially for some of the most vulnerable and “politically sensitive” species, including cod and hake. In these cases the Ministers need to show leadership and agree catch limits that will ensure the survival and eventual recovery of these stocks.
Oceana has analysed the Commission’s proposals and compared them to the scientific advice from ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea), an independent scientific body that provides official advice to the European Commission and which involves many prestigious researchers working with scientific bodies of the North Atlantic countries, including Spain: “European Commission Proposals on TACS in relation to Scientific Advice”. ICES Fishing Areas Map )
Oceana welcomes the Commission’s proposal to close the “rasco” gillnet fishery in the North East Atlantic, which is also on the table at the Council meeting next week.
“The decision to close this fishery should be a simple one for Ministers to make. There is absolutely no excuse to allow such a wasteful and harmful fishery to continue,” said Julie Cator, Policy Director for Oceana Europe, based in Brussels.
The Oceana report, The Use of ‘Rasco’ Gillnets in the Anglerfish, King Crab and Deep-Sea Sharks Fisheries in the North-East Atlantic , (released last December 7th ) highlights how this fishery, involving around only 20 vessels, discards between 2,000 and 15,000 tonnes of anglerfish, generates kilometres of ghost nets and overexploits stocks of anglerfish, deep-sea red crab and deep sea sharks.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSALS ON TACS IN RELATION TO SCIENTIFIC ADVICE
Common name
Scientific name
Zone
ICES
Advice*
Commission
Proposal*
% change
Oceana evaluation
Greatre silver smelt
Argentina silus
I & II
Caution
116
–
K
Greatre silver smelt
Argentina silus
III & IV
Caution
1,331
–
K
Greatre silver smelt
Argentina silus
V, VI, VII
Caution
5,310
–
K
Basking shark
Cetorhinus maximus
0
0
0%
J
Herring
Clupea harengus
30-31
92,600-97,600
91,600
-1%
-6%
J
Herring
Clupea harengus
22-24
95,000
47,500
–
?
Herring
Clupea harengus
IIIa
Pm**
Herring
Clupea harengus
25, 29, 32
120,000
115,842
-3,5%
J
Herring
Clupea harengus
Gulf of Riga
39,900
40,000
+0,25%
J
Herring
Clupea harengus
VIaS & VIIbc
14,000
14,000
0%
J
Herring
Clupea harengus
VIaClyde
1,000
800
-20%
J
Herring
Clupea harengus
VIIa
4,800
4,800
0%
J
Herring
Clupea harengus
VIIef
–
1,000
–
?
Herring
Clupea harengus
VIIg-k
–
11,050
–
?
Anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus
VIII
0
0
0%
J
Anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolus
IX, X & CECAF
4,700
6,800
+44%
L
Cod
Gadus morhua
Skagerrak
0
3,315
+3,315%
L
Cod
Gadus morhua
Kattegat
0
850
+850%
L
Cod
Gadus morhua
25-32
14,900
45,339
+304%
L
Cod
Gadus morhua
22-24
28,400
28,400
0%
J
Cod
Gadus morhua
Vb, VI, XII, XIV
<700
613
-12,5%
J
Cod
Gadus morhua
VIIa
0
1,828
+1,828%
L
Cod
Gadus morhua
VIIb-K, VIII, IX, X & CECAF
<5,200
5,270
+1,5%
J
Porbeagle
Lamna nasus
I-XIV
0
0
0%
J
Megrim
Lepidorhombus spp.
IIa & IV
2,200
1,740
-21%
J
Megrim
Lepidorhombus spp.
Vb, VI, XII & XIV
2,300
2,448
+6,5%
K
Megrim
Lepidorhombus spp.
VII
<13,600
16,374
+34%
L
Megrim
Lepidorhombus spp.
VIIIabde
1,901
Megrim
Lepidorhombus spp.
VIIIc, IX, X, CECAF
1,200
1,136
-5,5%
J
Common dab and flounder
Limanda limanda & Platichthys flesus
IIa & IV
–
16,200
–
?
Anglerfish
Lophius spp
IIa & IV
–
16,200
–
?
Anglerfish
Lophius spp
IV
6,700
10,314
+54%
L
Anglerfish
Lophius spp
VII
<33,900
16,374
-33,5%
L
Anglerfish
Lophius spp
VIIIabde
6,120
Anglerfish
Lophius spp
VIIIc, IX, X & CECAF
0
1,136
+1,136%
L
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
VIb, XII & XIV
Lowest possible
597
–
?
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Vb & VIa
<8,000
7,810
-5%
J
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
VII, VIII, IX, X & CECAF
11,520
11,520
0%
J
Whiting
Melangius merlangus
Vb, VI, XII & XIV
Lowest possible
1,360
–
K
Whiting
Melangius merlangus
VIIa
Lowest possible
437
–
K
Whiting
Melangius merlangus
VIIb-k
10,800
18,360
+70%
L
Whiting
Melangius merlangus
VIII
<4,000
3,600
-10%
J
Whiting
Melangius merlangus
IX, X & CECAF
–
653
–
?
Hake
Merluccius merluccius
IIIa & IIIbcd
44,000
1,323
-0,5%
J
Hake
Merluccius merluccius
IIa & IV
1,541
Hake
Merluccius merluccius
Vb, VI, VII, XII & XIV
24,617
Hake
Merluccius merluccius
VIIIabde
16,419
Hake
Merluccius merluccius
VIIIc, IX, X & CECAF
0
6,661
+6,661%
K
Lemon sole & Witch
Microstomus kitt & Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
IIa & IV
–
5,850
–
?
Blue ling
Molva dypterigia
IIa, IV, Vb, VI & VII
0
Not relevant
–
?
Ling
Molva molva
I & II
<21,700
45
-11,5%?
J
Ling
Molva molva
III
136
Ling
Molva molva
IV
3,996
Ling
Molva molva
V
48
Ling
Molva molva
Vi, VII, VIII, IX, X, XII & XIV
14,966
Ling
Molva molva
IIa. IV. Vb, VI & VII
Not relevant
Ling
Molva molva
IV Norway
Pm**
Lings
Molva spp.
Vb
Pm**
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
IIIa & IIIbcd
4,700
4,700
0%
J
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
IIa & IV
22,850
21,597
-5,5%
J
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
Vb & VI
11,300
13,255
+17%
K
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
VII
17,450
17,450
0%
J
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
VIIIabde
3,500
3,500
0%
J
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
VIIIc
0
146
+146%
L
Norway lobster
Nephrops norvegicus
IX, X & CECAF
250
486
+94,5%
L
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Skagerrak
<9,600
6,460
-16%
J
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Kattegat
1,615
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
IIIbcd
–
3,766
–
?
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
Vb, VI, XII & XIV
–
786
–
?
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
VIIa
5,900
1,367
-76%
J
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
VIIbc
160
136
-15%
J
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
VIIde
<4,400
4,378
-0,5%
J
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
VIIfg
240-400
405
+1,25%
+102,5%
K
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
VIIhjk
450
396
-12%
J
Plaice
Pleuronectes platessa
VIII, IX, X & CECAF
–
448
–
?
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
Vb, VI, XII & XIV
–
450
–
?
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
VII
–
13,600
–
?
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
VIIIabde
–
1,680
–
?
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
VIIIc
–
262
–
?
Pollack
Pollachius pollachius
IX, X & CECAF
–
448
–
?
Saithe
Pollachius virens
Vb, VI, XII & XIV
<14,000
12,787
-8%
J
Saithe
Pollachius virens
VII. VIII, IX, X & CECAF
–
4,738
–
?
Turbot & brill
Psetta maximus & Scophthalmus rhombus
IIa & IV
–
4,095
–
?
Skates & rays
Rajidae
IIa, IV & VI
0
2,737
+2,737%
L
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
IIIbcd
–
460,000 number
–
K
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
32
0 – no catches on wild salmon
17,000
number
–
K
Common sole
Solea solea
I
