Editing Haddock (section)

==Fisheries==
[[File:Haddock landings east.jpg|thumb|330x330px|Landings of haddock in the eastern Atlantic in the period 1980–2022. Data from ICES.<ref name=":0">{{Cite report |url=https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Haddock_Melanogrammus_aeglefinus_in_Division_5_a_Iceland_grounds_/21828339/1 |title=Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Division 5.a (Iceland grounds) |date=2023-06-09 |publisher=ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice |doi=10.17895/ices.advice.21828339 |language=en |last1=ICES }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite report |url=https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Haddock_Melanogrammus_aeglefinus_in_Division_7_a_Irish_Sea_/21840801/1 |title=Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Division 7.a (Irish Sea) |date=2023-06-30 |publisher=ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice |doi=10.17895/ices.advice.21840801 |language=en |last1=ICES }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite report |url=https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Haddock_Melanogrammus_aeglefinus_in_Division_5_b_Faroes_grounds_/21907938/1 |title=Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Division 5.b (Faroes grounds) |date=2023-11-24 |publisher=ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice |doi=10.17895/ices.advice.21907938 |language=en |last1=ICES }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite report |url=https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Haddock_Melanogrammus_aeglefinus_in_Divisions_7_b-k_southern_Celtic_Seas_and_English_Channel_/21840807/1 |title=Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Divisions 7.b-k (southern Celtic Seas and English Channel)  |date=2023-06-30 |publisher=ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice |doi=10.17895/ices.advice.21840807 |language=en |last1=ICES }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite report |url=https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/report/Haddock_Melanogrammus_aeglefinus_in_Subarea_4_Division_6_a_and_Subdivision_20_North_Sea_West_of_Scotland_Skagerrak_/21840795/1 |title=Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Subarea 4, Division 6.a, and Subdivision 20 (North Sea, West of Scotland, Skagerrak) |date=2023-06-30 |publisher=ICES Advice: Recurrent Advice |doi=10.17895/ices.advice.21840795 |language=en |last1=ICES }}</ref>]]
Haddock is fished year-round using gear such as Danish [[Seine fishing|seine net]]s, [[Fishing trawler|trawlers]], [[Longline fishing|long lines]] and [[Gillnetting|gill nets]] and is often caught in mixed species fishery with other [[groundfish]] species such as [[cod]] and whiting. The main fishing grounds in the eastern Atlantic are in the [[Barents Sea]], around [[Iceland]], around the [[Faroe Islands|Faeroe Islands]], in the [[North Sea]], [[Celtic Sea]], and in the [[English Channel]]. Landings in the eastern Atlantic have fluctuated around 200–350 thousand tonnes in the period 1980–2017. During the 1980s, the largest portion of the catch was taken at Rockall but from about 2000, the majority of the catch is caught in the Barents Sea. All the stocks in eastern Atlantic are assessed by [[International Council for the Exploration of the Sea|ICES]], which publish a recommendations on an annual basis for Total Allowable Catch.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />
[[File:Haddock landings west.jpg|thumb|330x330px|Landings of haddock in the western Atlantic in the period 1960–2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=FAO |date=2024 |title=Global Capture Production. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture. Rome. [Cited Friday, April 26th 2024]. |url=https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/collection/capture?lang=en}}</ref>]]
In the western Atlantic the eastern Georges Bank haddock stock is jointly assessed on an annual basis by Canada and the United States and the stock is collaboratively managed through the Canada–United States Transboundary Management Guidance Committee, which was established in 2000. The commercial catch of haddock in North America was approximately 40–60 thousand tonnes per year between 1920 and 1960. This declined sharply in the late 1960s to between 5 and 30 thousand tonnes per year. Despite a few good years post-1970, landings have not returned to historical levels.<ref name="NOAA" />

Haddock currently resides on the Greenpeace seafood red list due to concerns regarding the impact of bottom trawls on the marine environment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenpeace.org/archive-indonesia/campaigns/Laut/seafood/red-list-of-species/|title=Greenpeace International|access-date=4 July 2019|archive-date=4 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704140252/https://www.greenpeace.org/archive-indonesia/campaigns/Laut/seafood/red-list-of-species/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In contrast, Monterey Bay Aquarium considers haddock a "good alternative".<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.seafoodwatch.org/search?q=Haddock |title=Haddock| access-date =15 February 2021| publisher =Monterey Bay Aquarium}}</ref> Many haddock fisheries have been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.msc.org|title=MSC}}</ref> All seven stocks assessed in the eastern Atlantic are currently considered by ICES to be harvested sustainably. The haddock populations in the western Atlantic (offshore grounds of [[Georges Bank]] off [[New England]] and [[Nova Scotia]]) are also considered to be harvested sustainably.<ref name = TS>{{cite web | url = https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/27476/title/The-Great-Haddock-Revival/ | title = The Great Haddock Revival | access-date = 14 April 2018 | publisher = The Scientist | author = Kirsten Weir | date = July 2009}}</ref>