The U.K. fishing fleet will be allowed to catch higher volumes of whitefish in the North Sea in 2017 following the conclusion of negotiations between the EU and Norway and agreements reached on catch levels for shared stocks after exchanges.
Because North Sea cod enters the EU landing obligation in 2017, the final total allowable catch (TAC) for this stock rises 16 percent from 33,651 metric tons (MT) this year to 39,220 MT, comprising two elements: Firstly, the unadjusted quota which is expect…