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The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced today (June 30) that it has established and will implement the 2026/2027 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) enforcement plan starting July 1.
The Total Allowable Catch system sets a limit on the amount of fish that can be caught annually, permitting fishing only within that specified quota.
According to the plan, the ministry explained that the TAC system will be expanded from the existing 18 species and 21 fisheries to 19 species and 23 fisheries, with a total catch limit set at 623,079 tons.
Croaker has been added as a new species, which will apply to large-scale trawl fisheries in the waters off Busan and Gyeongnam.
New additions to the fisheries category include the southwest sea single-trawl medium-sized bottom trawl fishery and the set-net fishery.
For the set-net fishery, considering the difficulty of selective fishing by species, the ministry has introduced a total volume TAC method that manages the total amount of all catches.
Following the enactment of the Sustainable Coastal and Offshore Fisheries Development Act on June 16, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries plans to expand the TAC system to cover all coastal and offshore fisheries starting in July 2030.
Choi Hyun-ho, Director General of the Fisheries Policy Office at the ministry, stated, "Based on accurate data from coastal and offshore fisheries, we will abolish or adjust outdated regulations and continue to expand the TAC system."
(Photo: Provided by Ongjin-gun, Incheon; Yonhap News)
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