At the 22nd Annual Meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission held in London, Estonia got a possiblity to catch 350 tons of redfish and 150 tons of mackerel. Also, Estonia can continue fishing deep-sea species - Greenland halibut, shark species, Rajiformes, tusk - with one vessel. Estonia participated as an official member at the Annual Meeting of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission for the first time. According to Mr. Ain Soome, Director General of the Fisheries Department of the Ministry of the Environment, so far Estonia had been a co-operating country with the organization, and could catch fish at North-East Atlantic under the co-operation quota. This year, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Japan and Canada were able to catch 500 tons of redfish and 511 tons of mackerel in the frame of the co-operation quata. One Estonian vessel has been catching fish at North-East Atlantic during last few years, more in earlier years. All long-distance fishing ships can show interest to catching fish in that fishing ground; there are eight such vessels in Estonia. For additional information please contact: Mr. Ain Soome |
