{"id":4955,"date":"2013-01-23T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2013\/01\/23\/more-good-news-for-british-fisherman\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:51:12","slug":"more-good-news-for-british-fisherman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/industry-news\/more-good-news-for-british-fisherman\/","title":{"rendered":"More good news for British fisherman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Total Allowable Catch (TAC) of 643,000 tonnes for blue whiting was agreed (of which the UK quota will be approximately 22,986 tonnes), along with a TAC of 619,000 tonnes for Atlanto-Scandian herring (UK quota approximately 8,827 tonnes). The EU has reduced Norwegian access for blue whiting from 68 to 64%.<\/p>\n<p>Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a succession of good results for British fisherman the UK has secured yet another positive agreement on the management of stocks for North Atlantic blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring. This is good news for both the industry and the health of our seas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m disappointed and frustrated that once again the Faroe Islands has pulled out of an existing international agreement, this time on Atlanto-Scandian herring because they want a bigger quota. This further demonstrates their irresponsible attitude to international fisheries management and could risk damaging the future sustainability of this stock.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A meeting will be held in June to discuss advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) on the long-term management plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coastal states negotiations on blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring have just concluded in London, with more positive results for the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4957,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955\/revisions\/4957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4955"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}