Catch quotas: The EU fisheries are threatened with decline MV is countering this with a rescue plan

Oct 24, 2023 | 17:08:00 | ID: 37801 | Department: Agriculture | Fisheries Schwerin (agrar-PR) - The EU fisheries ministers agreed in Luxembourg on the permitted catch levels for fishermen in the Baltic Sea next year. Accordingly, the fishing bans for herring and cod remain in place in the western part of the Baltic Sea. Exceptions to the ban on targeted fishing for herring largely apply to small-scale coastal fishing with passive fishing gear (gill nets and traps). Currently, cod and herring - with the exception of small-scale coastal fishing - are only allowed in the western Baltic Sea and therefore also off the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania end up in the nets as bycatch. For cod, the allowable catch for German fishermen in the western Baltic Sea for 2024 will fall by 30 percent to 73 tons; in the eastern Baltic Sea it will remain unchanged at 54 tons. The recreational fishing area for cod has been closed, i.e. cod will no longer be allowed to be taken by recreational ...