The Joint Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission has agreed to a 738,000-metric-ton quota for Barents Sea cod for the 2020 season, an increase of 13,000 metric tons, or 1.8 percent, over last year's quota of 725,000 metric tons, officials confirmed to IntraFish.

For haddock, the 2020 total allowable catch (TAC) will be set at 215,000 metric tons, up 20 percent from 172,000 metric tons this year.

Capelin once again has a zero quota for 2019, due to the weakness of stocks.

The Greenland halibut quota for 2020 is set at 27,000 metric tons, the same as in 2019. The red fish quota is 55,860 metric tons compared to 53,800 this year.

The total quota of cod is distributed between Norway, Russia and other countries according to the same pattern as in previous years.

“We are satisfied with these figures in general," Vladimir Grigorjev, director general at Murmansk-based Rybprominvest told IntraFish.

In June, the International Council for the Exploration of Sea (ICES) recommended a 2 percent increase in the Barents Sea cod quota for 2020 to no more than 698,672 metric tons.

For haddock, the ICES advised a TAC of nor more than 215,000 metric tons, a 41 percent jump in recommendations year-on-year.

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Barents Sea cod quota will rise in 2020