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The other area is in the sphere of administration of the North-East Atlantic Fishery Commission, and no limits have been set there in terms of the amount caught.

"The catch must only take place in accordance with the NEAFC regulations and the attractiveness of the area has been increasing among our fishermen," said Kaire Martin, the chief specialist at the Environment Ministry fishery resources department.

In the NEAFC administration area, Estonian fishermen caught 1,473 tons of shrimp last year; this November the size of the catch was 4,800 tons.

In the Northwest Atlantic the catch quota was 11,200 tons last year, but this year the amount has contracted to 3,000 tons as of November.

All the countries that belong to the North-East Atlantic Fishery Committee can catch shrimps without any limitations by volume. These countries are the European Union, Norway, Iceland, Russia, the Faeroe Islands, and Greenland.

According to the information available to the Environment Ministry, only Estonian and Norwegian fishing vessels have been catching shrimp without any limitations by amount in the area.