Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ecoregion – Fisheries overview ...

• Main Author: ICES
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: ICES Advice: Fisheries Overviews 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management; Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ICES Ecoregion; Norway; Porcupine Bank; Rockall Plateau; Iceland; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.19208007; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Oceanic_Northeast_Atlantic_ecoregion_Fisheries_overview/19208007

The commercial fisheries in the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ecoregion target few stocks. The main fisheries in the area are a multinational pelagic fishery on two pelagic beaked redfish stocks in the northwestern part of the ecoregion, and a fishery on blue whiting in the Hatton-Rockall plateau and west of the Porcupine Bank using midwater trawl. The demersal fisheries for haddock at Rockall account for only a small proportion of the total catches of haddock taken in this ecoregion. Fishing for tuna (bluefin, skipjack, bigeye, and albacore) and other large pelagic species (swordfish) by long distance longliners occurs across much of this ecoregion. Very little deep-sea fisheries are conducted in the region. There are currently around 20 nations with fisheries targeting the stocks in the ecoregion. Norway, Iceland, and Russia have the largest fleets and dominate the landings in the region. Total landings have varied since the mid-1970s, with a rise in the recent decade which is mainly due to increased blue ...