Continued success for Barents Sea cod

An unprecedented abundance of North East Arctic cod bodes well for producers, particularly as demand is expected to remain strong in main northern European markets like the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

In 2011, the total global catch of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) was just over 1 million metric tons, of which 703,000 metric tons was projected to be North East Arctic cod, caught in the Barents Sea.

This year, the cod quota for the Barents Sea, which is shared between Norway and Russia, h…


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