Norway and Russia Decrease Cod Quotas By 25 Percent Next Year, highnorthnews.com

Norway and Russia have agreed to a fishery agreement for 2025 through digital negotiations. That was reported by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries on Thursday.

”It’s good that we have entered into a fisheries agreement with Russia despite finding ourselves in an extraordinary situation this year as well. The agreement forms the basis of long-term and sustainable ocean management in the High North and is crucial for protecting the cod stock and the other species in the Barents Sea,” says Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy, Marianne Sivertsen Næss (Labor).

The total quota for Northeast Arctic cod for 2025 is set to 340,000 tonnes. Norway’s part of the quota will be 163 436 tonnes.

The total 2025 quota for cod is thereby 25 percent lower than this year’s quota and will be the lowest since 1991.

”It portrays the severity of the situation. The quota was strongly decreased because we want to stop the negative stock development,” writes the ministry. Läs artikel