Brussels, Belgium calls for cuts in Mediterranean fishing in 2022

Published 2021년 9월 17일

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The European Commission has announced plans to sustain fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, requiring that catches be based on scientific advice. The Western Mediterranean will adopt a management plan to reduce fishing effort and ensure the sustainability of demersal populations like hake and red mullet. The Adriatic Sea aims to achieve sustainability by 2026 by reducing fishing effort and implementing management measures for various species. The Black Sea will have catch limits and quotas for turbot and sprat. These proposals, supported by the EU and regional fisheries organization, will be discussed by EU Fisheries Ministers in December, with quotas set to take effect from January 2022.

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Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevicius, said in a statement that although there have been "some improvements in recent years" in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, "we are still far from reaching sustainable levels and more are needed. efforts ”. Fisheries catches in those two seas "will fully depend on scientific advice," added the commissioner. In the case of the Western Mediterranean, the fishing possibilities are framed in the application of the Western Mediterranean Multi-Annual Management Plan (MAP) and affect demersal populations (such as hake, red mullet, red prawn, Moorish shrimp and Norway lobster). ). Brussels specified that for these waters, the proposal should be completed in the light of the latest scientific data. In the Adriatic Sea, where the multiannual management plan is also applied, the aim is to achieve the sustainability of these stocks by 2026 by reducing fishing effort. Brussels has incorporated several management ...

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