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Over the last century, the Norwegian Sea has been suffering from overfishing. In 2018, 41% of stocks were excessively harvested. Two out of sixteen of the Total Allowed Catches (TACs) agreed upon by the European Union (EU) and Norway follow scientific advice. Nine of those TACs are at least 25% above scientific advice. While the other five are set above scientific evidence when excluding landing obligation. Under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), the EU committed to phase out overfishing by 2015, 2020 at the absolute latest. As of 2019, the EU was reported to not be on path to achieving that goal.

Madina, Marta. “EU Still Far from Phasing out Overfishing by 2020.” Oceana Europe, 11 June 2018, europe.oceana.org/en/press-center/press-releases/eu-still-far-phasing-out-overfishing-2020.

“EU-Norway Agreement the Worst Outcome for Fish Stocks in Ten Years.” Our Fish, 17 Dec. 2018, our.fish/press/eu-norway-agreement-the-worst-outcome-for-fish-stocks-in-ten-years/.

Hubbard, Rebecca. “Depleted Fish Stocks Can't Wait. The EU and Norway Need to Commit to Ending Overfishing Now.” Euronews, 2 Dec. 2019, www.euronews.com/2019/12/02/depleted-fish-stocks-can-t-wait-the-eu-and-norway-commit-to-ending-overfishing-now-view.