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.
21 Other shared stocks (not jointly managed)
21.1 The Delegations recalled that they had agreed during the fisheries consultations for 2021 that there are several stocks not covered in Table 1 that, based on their migration patterns, are shared stocks and consequently should be jointly managed in order to better ensure their long-term sustainable management.
21.2 The Delegations recalled that during the fisheries consultations for 2022 they had established 2 Working Groups of experts to collect and collate data on, firstly, the distribution of hake in the Greater North Sea, Celtic Seas, the Northern Bay of Biscay and adjacent waters, and, secondly, the distribution of anglerfish in Subareas 4 and 6 and in Division 3.a. The Delegations noted that both Working Groups had completed their work in the course of 2025, and both reports were now publicly available. They agreed to meet by the intersessional in 2026 to start discussions about all aspects of joint management of anglerfish and hake, including, but not limited to, sharing.