The dire state of some Baltic stocks results in quota-cut proposals

Published 2024년 8월 30일

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The European Commission has proposed changes to the 2025 fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea, aiming to address the critical state of several stocks. The proposal seeks to increase fishing opportunities for central Baltic herring and herring in the Gulf of Riga, while decreasing quotas for salmon, sprat, and unavoidable by-catches of cod. These changes are based on scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas. The final decision on these quotas will be made by EU countries. The proposal is part of the EU's strategy to adjust fishing levels to sustainability targets. The Baltic Sea faces challenges such as biodiversity loss, climate change, eutrophication, and high levels of contaminants, including from misreporting of fishing.

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Dire state of some Baltic stocks results in quota cut proposals. The European Commission has adopted its proposal for the 2025 fishing opportunities for the Baltic Sea. It responds to a scientific assessment that indicates several fisheries are in a dire situation. The Commission proposed the total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for nine out of the ten stocks managed by the EU in the Baltic Sea. The remaining quota proposal (Bothnian herring) will be submitted at a later stage. The Commission proposes to increase fishing opportunities for central Baltic herring (+108%) and herring in the Gulf of Riga (+10%). It proposes to decrease fishing of salmon in the main basin (-36%) and in the Gulf of Finland (-20%), as well as of sprat (-42%). Catches of plaice would remain unchanged. The Commission proposes to decrease the allocations for unavoidable by-catches of western Baltic cod (-73%), eastern Baltic cod (-68%) and western Baltic herring (-50%). The proposed TACs are based on ...

Source: Fish Focus