EU fisheries ministers have set the total catches and catch quotas for 2022 in the North Sea, Northeast Atlantic, and other EU and international waters. The quotas are based on the scientific recommendations of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture achieved a drastic reduction in herring catches in the Skagerrak and Kattegat areas, which will enable the recovery of the herring stock in the western Baltic Sea. The quotas for various stocks in the North Sea and the Northeast Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean and Black Sea, have also been agreed upon.