Iceland’s whitefish catching sector will be allowed to land more cod and haddock in the new fishing season that gets underway on 1 September 2017, with the Minister of Fisheries deciding to raise the quota for cod by around 11,000 metric tons (MT) to 255,172 MT. At the same time, the country’s haddock total available catch (TAC) is increased for the first time in recent years to a level of 39,890 MT, up more than 5,000 MT compared to the current 2016-17 season.
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