Land: Sweden

The hearing of the Fisheries Commissioner-nominee Maria Damanaki in the

A scientific study to take advantage of knowledge amassed by

Sweden’s Eastern and Western Baltic cod fisheries have started their assessment against the Marine Stewardship Council standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. The Swedish fishery is the third Baltic cod fishery to enter assessment this year following the Denmark Eastern Baltic cod in August and the Germany Eastern Baltic cod which entered assessment in November. If the fishery is successful, then Swedish Baltic cod will be eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel once Chain of Custody traceability has been established.

The US government agency responsible for fisheries is speeding up efforts to halt overfishing to fill demands set up by Congress, goals generally much more ambitious than EU policy.

At the meeting of EU ministers for agriculture and fisheries on 14–16 December, the ministers are to reach a decision on the total allowable catch (TAC) for the most important fish stocks in 2010. They are also to discuss animal welfare labelling, the establishment of an EU Animal Welfare Reference Centre and better protection for animals used for experiments. Sweden’s Minister for Agriculture Eskil Erlandsson will chair the meeting.

The third briefing from FISH/Seas At Risk to EU Fisheries

In an article ahead of Friday’s EU Fisheries Council meeting,

Many fish stocks are fleeing warming waters, moving northward and off-shore, some of them now all but extinct in US waters, a new American study shows.

Sweden will introduce an ITQ system for pelagic fisheries on

These are challenging times for the European fleet: Depleted stocks,