SIK: Reintroduce monthly quotas on Greenland halibut

This means that the most efficient fisherman could give fish the most until the monthly quota is gone.

The rules were then changed this year. The monthly quotas were changed to an annual quota, but it did not last long. From now on, fishermen will have to work on so-called quarterly quotas. In other words, fishermen receive new quotas every three months.

But the chairman of the SIK, Jess G. Berthelsen, is not happy about that.

I think we need to return to the old method of management so that monthly quotas are allocated, Jess G. Berthelsen told KNR.

The Chairman believes that the quota for Greenland halibut will be fished too quickly when this summer there is midnight sun north of the Arctic Circle and where fishermen have several bright hours to fish.

And when the quota is fished out, there is no work for SIK members in the fish factories.

Of course, we’re worried, too. If fishermen cannot trade, there will be no work for our members in the production, says SIK Chairman Jess G. Berthelsen.

Naalakkersuisoq: We can change course again

Neither the fishermen nor the employees of the fish factories should expect Naalakkersuisut to increase the quota if it is fished up too early. Naalakkersuisoq for fisheries and catch, Aqqaluaq B. Egede (IA), has previously maintained that he will not increase the quota for this year.

But he does not deny that Naalakkersuisut will change course again in relation to the management of Hellefian fishing. Right now, he’s giving the quarterly quotas a chance until the summer.

We are introducing quarterly quotas with the possibility of being able to assess the situation within six months. And we may return to monthly quotas on Greenland halibut in the middle of this year,” Aqqaluaq B. Egede told KNR’s Qanorooq.

Two years ago there were 1281 licenses for dinghy fishermen for Halibut in disko bay, Uummannaq and Upernavik.

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