EU proposal: Maintain criticized fishing quota
Stockholm – The EU Commission proposes to maintain the fishing quota for herring in the central Baltic Sea.
When it was decided last year to double the herring quota in the central Baltic Sea by 2025, it was described as a “death blow for sprat and herring.”
By 2026, the EU Commission proposes that the quota for herring fishing in the Gulf of Bothnia should decrease by 62 percent compared to 2025, from 66,446 tons to 25,560 tons. In the Gulf of Riga, a reduction of 17 percent is proposed, according to a press release.
However, in the central Baltic Sea, the quota of 83,881 tons is maintained. According to the EU Commission, a good development of the herring stock is anticipated in the future.
Targeted fishing of cod has been prohibited for several years in the western and eastern Baltic Sea. This direction is proposed to remain, but with significantly reduced quotas for cod as bycatch.
The only fishing quota proposed to be increased is for salmon in the Gulf of Finland, by 1 percent.
(August 26)
