# Herring and mackerel quota cut sharply in the North Atlantic

> The EU, Norway, the Faroe Islands and Iceland agreed a 2018 North Atlantic herring quota of 435,000 tonnes, about 33% below 2017. The northeast Atlantic mackerel quota was cut 20% to 816,797 tonnes, and Russia and Norway reopened a Barents Sea capelin fishery with a 205,000-tonne quota.

- Date: 2018-03-23 · published 2018-03-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region North Atlantic · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66107-herring-and-mackerel-quota-cut-sharply-in-the-north-atlantic
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Smaller pelagic quotas reduce the raw material available for fishmeal and fish oil production, which supports prices for these products.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- fao.org: https://www.fao.org/in-action/globefish/news-events/news/news-detail/Herring-and-mackerel-quota-cut-sharply-in-the-North-Atlantic-/en

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