ICES recommends huge quota cuts to Northeast Atlantic mackerel, blue whiting

Northeast Atlantic mackerel

New scientific advice for 2026 follows years of heavy overfishing and declining stock health

The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has recommended that massive reductions are made to next year’s quotas of pelagic species in the Northeast Atlantic, pointing to the long-term overfishing of certain key stocks.

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