European Union, Norway and the United Kingdom - fisheries consultations: agreed records 2026
Agreed records of consultations from meetings of delegations from the United Kingdom, the European Union and Norway, held in November and December 2025, on the joint management of shared North Sea stocks.
16 Haddock
16.1 The Delegations noted that according to the ICES MSY approach catches in 2026 should be no more than 108,301 tonnes. This represents a decrease of 3.7% in the advice compared to 2025. ICES estimates that discards, BMS landings and industrial bycatch are at 23.7% of total catch (by weight) in 2024. ICES projects a combined discards and industrial bycatch rate of 20.6% of total catch (by weight) in 2025.
16.2 The Delegations agreed to a set a TAC for 2026 of 108,301 tonnes. This is a decrease of 3.7% compared to 2025.
16.3 The Delegations agreed that the resulting TAC for Subarea 4 (85.26%) is 92,337 tonnes, the TAC for Subdivision 20 (5.24%) is 5,675 tonnes and the TAC for Division 6.a (9.50%) is 10,289 tonnes.