A good year for whitefish supplies
It’s been a fine start to 2016 for European whitefish supplies, with more prime-quality Atlantic cod and haddock being made available to the market than last year — particularly from its two biggest sources, the Barents Sea and Icelandic fisheries.
Europe’s increased cod supply will mainly come from Iceland as a result of the country’s 10% higher harvest control rule (HCR) of 239,000 metric tons for the 2015/2016 quota year. According to government statistics, the country landed 253,789 metric tons of cod in the last 12 months (May 2015–April 2016), an increase of 6% year-on-year.