Fisheries

NEAFC fails to reach deal on mackerel and blue whiting, leaving key stocks in limbo for 2026

2025-11-18T09:27:00

Mackerel

No progress made on the Northeast Atlantic’s most economically and politically sensitive stocks

The 44th Annual Meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) closed in London on 14 November 2025 without agreement on catch allocations for two of the region’s most commercially significant stocks — mackerel and blue whiting — raising concerns over continued overfishing and political stalemate among coastal states.

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