The stock of rose fish in the Barents Sea is overfishedOverfished:
A stock is overfished when the stock size has decreased so far that it can no longer produce a maximum sustainable yield. The size of the fish populations is insufficient to reproduce in the long term. . The stock is on the lowest level ever. The [fishing pressure] is much too high. Rose fish is very vulnerable to fishing pressure because the grow slowly and reach sexual maturity only after ten years.
Rose fish is a deep-sea species and often resides between centuries old cold-water corals. It is unknown if the [gillnet fishery] damages these vulnerable habitats. In some areas, mainly around Norway, the coral areas are closed for bottom trawls. There is much bycatchBycatch:
Species caught next to species targeted for fishery. By-catches can consist of non-commercial species and species that are too small, and can be kept (this part is sometimes called by-product) or thrown back into the sea (discards). of rose fish in the Russian pelagicPelagic trawls:
In pelagic trawling, a trawl is pulled through the water column. The net is not towed across the seabed. fishery.
The management is largely effective. It is difficult for the management to differentiate between the two species of redfish. Two species of redfish are living in overlapping areas. In certain areas there is not a separate [catch limit] for both species, and they are not differentiated when landed. According to ICESICES:
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, an international organization dedicated to research and advice for a sustainable use of the oceans. , the fishery on redfish in the Barents Sea should be fully closed.