Stockholm – The EU Commission has put forward a proposal to maintain the fishing quota for herring in the central Baltic Sea.
Last year, the decision to double the herring quota in this region by 2025 was criticized as a “death blow for sprat and herring.”
For 2026, the EU Commission suggests a 62 percent reduction in the herring quota for the Gulf of Bothnia, decreasing it from 66,446 tons to 25,560 tons. In the Gulf of Riga, a 17 percent reduction is also proposed, as stated in a press release.
In contrast, the herring quota in the central Baltic Sea is set to remain at 83,881 tons, with the EU Commission expecting positive growth in the herring stock in the future.
The targeted fishing of cod has been banned for several years in the western and eastern Baltic Sea, and this proposal aims to continue that ban while significantly reducing quotas for cod as bycatch.
The only increase in fishing quotas suggested is for salmon in the Gulf of Finland, which is proposed to rise by 1 percent.
(August 26)
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