| TACs Set for the 2008/09 Fishing Season |
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| Tuesday,May 06,2008 Posted: 19:17 BJT(17 GMT) |
| From:Namibia Economist Article type:Redistributed |
According to the information from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Namibian Government has set a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) of 130,000 tons of hake for the 2008/09 fishing season.
The season starts on 1 May and ends on 30 April next year.
The information ministry said that the government has also set the TACs for monkfish and orange roughy at 9000 tons each.
The ATCs for hake and monkfish however remain unchanged from last season while orange roughy’s has been reduced by 500 tons from last year.
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