February 3, 2023, National – Fishing odds for 2023 have been assigned this week. The Dutch Fishermen’s Association reports: “An agreement was reached between the European Union and the UK at the end of last year, but it could not be processed in time. Therefore, initially a temporary quota was set for a number of shares. Below is a table with the most important quotas for the Netherlands.” Read more >>

Qundocumented

Those with tongue documents can expect new documents from RVO soon. The final reduction is 41% compared to 2022. The (measured) share of the Dutch quota was 5,685t, last year 4,305t was used.

EU/Norway

There have now been four rounds of negotiations between the EU and Norway. There is still uncertainty when and whether there will be a fifth round of reaching a deal. There are still 2 major hurdles to overcome but they are far from easy. So until now there is still a lot of uncertainty whether we can go to the Norwegian zone this time of year. There will be a ban on trawl fishing from 1 October 2022, due to the Netherlands we are trying to discuss this with the Norwegians to allow this again in the future. So this will continue.

Steps for the sea bass fishery 2023

By way of derogations from Article 11(1) (ban on sea bass), Union fishing vessels may catch sea bass and sea bass in January 2023 and from April 1 to December 31, 2023 in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7d, 7e, 7f and 7h detained on board, transported, transferred or landed in the area using the following fishing gear within the limits as follows:

1. Bottom trawling (OTB, OTT, PTB, TBB, TBN, TBS and TB), for unavoidable bycatch not exceeding 3.8 tonnes per fishing vessel per year and 5% of the total catch of marine organisms on board at the time of the ship per fishing trip is caught;
2. trawlers (SSC, SDN, SPR, SV, SB and SX), for unavoidable bycatch not exceeding 3.8 tonnes per fishing vessel per year and 5% of the total weight of marine organisms caught on board caught by the vessel per fishing trip;
3. hooks and lines (LHP, LHM, LLD, LL, LTL, LX and LLS), maximum 6.2 tonnes per fishing vessel;
4. fixed gill nets (GTR, GNS, GNC, FYK, FPN and FIX), for unavoidable bycatch of up to 1.6 tonnes per fishing vessel.

The deduction set forth in paragraph (c) of the first subparagraph applies to Union fishing vessels that have recorded catches of sea bass on hook and line in the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 September 2016.

The deductions set out in paragraph (d) of the first subparagraph applies to Union fishing vessels that have recorded sea bass caught using fixed gill nets in the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 September 2016.

For more information

Contact the Nederlandse Vissersbond/PO Delta Zuid team via T 0527-698151 or secretariaat@vissersbond.nl, ask Jacob Snoek.