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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.
20 Whiting
20.1 The Delegations noted that according to the ICES MSY approach catches in 2026 should be no more than 198,609 tonnes. This represents an increase of 5.6% compared to the advice for 2025. ICES estimates that discards, BMS landings and industrial bycatch are at 62.1% of total catch (by weight) in 2024. ICES projects a combined discards and industrial bycatch rate of 41.2% of total catch (by weight) in 2025.
20.2 The resulting TAC for Subarea 4 is 159,344 tonnes (80.23%), and the TAC for Division 7.d is 39,265 tonnes (19.77%).