Abstract

In the Pollock fishery in the northeastern of the Sea of Okhotsk, it is not uncommon for non-target fish bycatch to exceed the 20% limit established by the Fishery Rules and can reach significant values (over 90%). Specifying in the message sent to the territorial department of Rosrybolovstvo the total amount of bycatch of young fish (in %), in case of exceeding the allowable bycatch, will allow to react quickly to such situations and temporarily close the fishing areas directly during the fishing season. The specialists of KamchatNIRO prepared the corresponding proposals for amendments of clauses 38,4 and 38,5 of the new edition of the Fishery Rules for the Far Eastern Fishery Basin in 2020 which came into force on September 1, 2022.

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