Greenland has the largest number of active vessels in both demersal and pelagic fisheries in the ecoregion, but the number has decreased since 2020 because of the pelagic fleet moving to other areas.
Landing of pelagic species (mackerel and herring) have in the recent period been close to zero because of low abundance in the ecoregion.
Landings of cod have increased markedly in the last decade.
For Greenland halibut, the average fishing mortality has greatly exceeded FMSY in the past years, and biomass is below MSY Btrigger for all but one stock.
For golden redfish fishing mortality has decreased over two decades and is now far below FMSY.
Tusk fishing mortality has dropped over the last decade and is now below FMSY.
There are potential impacts of demersal fishing on benthic habitats as fishing activity and sensitive habitats show spatial overlap.
History
Series
ICES Advice: Fisheries overviews
Recommended citation
ICES. 2024. Greenland Sea ecoregion – fisheries overview. In Report of the ICES Advisory Committee, 2024. ICES Advice 2024, section 10.2, https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.advice.27879759