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.
14 Long-term management strategies
14.1 The Delegations reaffirmed their commitment to having long-term management strategies (LTMS) in place for jointly managed stocks. To that end, the Delegations agreed to develop, by the intersessional, a plan to achieving this commitment, involving ICES and national institutions in the design. The timeframe under which this commitment shall be achieved will form part of the plan’s development.
14.2 The Delegations noted the ICES response regarding a timeline to deliver a long-term management plan for saithe in Subareas 4 and 6 and in Division 3.a (North Sea, Rockall and West of Scotland, Skagerrak and Kattegat), and agreed that this work should proceed. This request is outlined in Annex IV.