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Dr. Jim Treasurer, Research Manager, Ardtoe Marine Laboratory. Intervet. The cod Gadus morhua is receiving the greatest current interest in the diversification of north temperate aquaculture, but the haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus, a related gadoid species, is another promising species for culture. The haddock fishery off eastern Canada collapsed in the 1980s and is taking a long period to recover, and consequently the fishery has been closed for many years. While the catches from the fishery in the North Sea declined in the 1990s due to heavy fishing the EU quota was increased in 2002 following the recruitment of several stronger year classes. The most important fisheries are the North Sea with a reported catch of 54,700 tonnes in 2006 ICES mainly by British boats, around the Faroe Islands with 16,800 t captured mainly by local vessels, and 97,400 t off Iceland and largely by Icelandic boats. The other main fishery is the North east Arctic off north Norway and the Barents Sea with the fishery dominated by the Norwegian catch of 69,000 t in 2006 and the Russian landings of 53,000 t. The fish in the European market are normally sold fresh on ice but in the UK many fish are smoked.

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