A survey conducted in December 2015 revealed a low level of recruitment of 2015's class in zones 1-4. (Photo: fisheries.no/FIS)
IMR recommends cutting quota for sand eel
(NORWAY, 2/12/2016)
The Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) informed that the preliminary quota advice on lesser sand eel (Ammodytes marinus) shall be reduced from 100,000 tonnes in 2015 to 40,000 tonnes in 2016.
In addition, it stated that the sub-areas 1b, 2a, 3a and 3b should be opened for regular fishery for sand eel from 15 April to 23 June 2016.
The final advice for lesser sand eel will be presented in mid May.
The management plan is based on historical fishing patterns and local stock development, 5 areas – each consisting of two or three sub-areas – defined in Norwegian waters of the North Sea.
Norwegian closed area rotation management for lesser sand eel has been in place since 2010, aiming at rebuilding the five spawning stocks and thereby enhancing the total recruitment and catch potential.
If acoustic surveys and fishery data show that the spawning stock is large and widely distributed within an area, one of the adjacent subareas is opened.
Prior to the fishing season a preliminary TAC is given and within the open subareas the fleet can operate freely.
The acoustic surveys carried out in the current year will be used to validate previous biomass estimates and to estimate the recruitment strength of the 1-year old sand eels.
Based on this up-dated survey information, the quota within the current year can be increased and new areas (subareas) opened.
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