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Proposal for increased quotas of herring fishing

by AI | 27.Aug 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Lower quotas for salmon and sprat, but increased quotas for several types of herring, are the European Commission’s proposal on how much fish can be caught in the Baltic Sea in 2025. However, the announcement about herring in the Bothnian Sea is delayed.

Window sill. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

Stockholm – Lower quotas for salmon and sprat but increased quotas for several herrings. It is both positive and negative in the EU Commission’s proposal on how much fish can be caught in the Baltic Sea next year.

The proposals are based, according to the Commission, on science that shows a dire situation for many fish stocks.

The fishing quotas for salmon are decreasing as well as for sprat. On the other hand, the quota for herring in the central Baltic Sea is proposed to increase by 108 percent and herring in the Gulf of Riga by 10 percent to 83,881 and 41,635 tons respectively, as these belong to stocks that, according to the EU Commission, have become larger.

The catch quota for herring in the western Baltic Sea – only bycatch is allowed – is proposed to be reduced by half, to 394 tons.

The issue of herring in the Bothnian Sea was one of the major discussion points for 2024 and here the Commission has not made a decision but announced that they will come back with a figure.

The proposal on quotas is based on the advice of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The decision on fishing quotas will be made at the ministerial council meeting on October 21–22.

(August 26)