The main lobbyists for the ban on the import of fresh fish from Russia are the Baltic states

Fish and the military-industrial complex The main lobbyists for the ban on the import of fresh fish from Russia are the Baltic states, primarily Lithuania. Vilnius regularly complains that Russian fishing companies are catching large quantities of fish in the eastern Baltic, leaving almost nothing for Lithuanian fishermen. Recently, conversations on this topic have become particularly dramatic, but such claims did not begin in 2022. Thus, three years ago, the Lithuanian delegation to the EU Council made an indignant statement: “The Russian side is carrying out targeted fishing for Baltic cod and unilaterally establishing a quota of the total allowable catch of herring and sprat that significantly exceeds scientific recommendations and its historical share.” This attack on Russia came just days after the European Union introduced strict fishing restrictions in the Baltic Sea. In the spring of this year, Lithuanian politicians actively began to “pump up” the topic of a ban on the ...