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| Fishermen land cod deal at talks | Fishermen land cod deal at talks |
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| Scottish fishermen have won a 30% increase in the amount of cod they are allowed to land next year. | Scottish fishermen have won a 30% increase in the amount of cod they are allowed to land next year. |
| But they will have to sign up to tougher regulations on the number of the fish thrown back in to the sea. | But they will have to sign up to tougher regulations on the number of the fish thrown back in to the sea. |
| The increase comes after discussions between the EU and Norway, which have taken longer than expected. | The increase comes after discussions between the EU and Norway, which have taken longer than expected. |
| They disagreed on how to try to end the controversial process of discards, where undersized fish are thrown back into the water, often dead. | They disagreed on how to try to end the controversial process of discards, where undersized fish are thrown back into the water, often dead. |
| It's a significant shift and we are happy Mike ParkScottish White Fish Producers' Association | It's a significant shift and we are happy Mike ParkScottish White Fish Producers' Association |
| The talks have been deciding on quotas for waters shared by the UK, as part of the EU, and Norway. | The talks have been deciding on quotas for waters shared by the UK, as part of the EU, and Norway. |
| Norway has a ban on fish discards but the EU does not. Scottish fishermen have taken a series of measures to cut down on the number of fish thrown back. | |
| Mike Park, executive chairman of the Scottish White Fish Producers' Association, said the talks in Oslo had been productive. | Mike Park, executive chairman of the Scottish White Fish Producers' Association, said the talks in Oslo had been productive. |
| He said: "It has been lengthy and prolonged discussions with Norway, who have been quite severe in trying to impose measures on the community to reduce discards, not only for cod but for other species, next year. | He said: "It has been lengthy and prolonged discussions with Norway, who have been quite severe in trying to impose measures on the community to reduce discards, not only for cod but for other species, next year. |
| "Part of the deal, as payment for that, is a 30% increase in the cod total-allowable-catch which we feel is just desert for some of the measures we have carried out. | "Part of the deal, as payment for that, is a 30% increase in the cod total-allowable-catch which we feel is just desert for some of the measures we have carried out. |
| "It's a significant shift and we are happy." | "It's a significant shift and we are happy." |
| 'Right direction' | |
| Scottish Fishermen's Federation chief executive Bertie Armstrong said: "As usual, the figure for cod will make the headlines. However, other important stocks have taken expected reductions. | |
| "The welcome recognition of cod recovery is balanced against a very tight set of strings attached to the matter of discard reductions on all the North Sea joint stocks. | |
| "We all enthusiastically share the management aim of eliminating discards, but the rules must be capable of practical application." | |
| John Buchan, skipper of the Fairline, told BBC Scotland while fishing off Shetland: "We are quite pleased, it's a movement in the right direction. | |
| "Our aim is to catch less and land more." | |
| The meeting in Oslo comes ahead of a European summit in Brussels, where the EU divides up quotas for fish in its waters. | The meeting in Oslo comes ahead of a European summit in Brussels, where the EU divides up quotas for fish in its waters. |