20/04
Sweden
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2023 Baltic quotas decided
Plaice is up and and quotas for both eastern and western cod fisheries are a rollover, but this still leaves Baltic fishermen with some very tight quotas for 2023 as…
No relief for Baltic fisheries in 2023
As fisheries in the Baltic fail to recover, proposals by the European Commission for next year’s catch limits don’t look likely to bring much joy to the region’s fishermen. Proposals…
Concerns for the future of European fishing
Writing to the Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries, Swedish Fishermen’s PO (SFPO) chairman Peter Ronelöv Olsson has set out his serious concerns for the future of European…
The troubled waters of Baltic fishing
A long round of discussion in Luxembourg has resulted in EU Ministers reaching agreement on catch limits for 2022 for the Baltic’s ten main commercial stocks. Ministers have decided to…
20/04
Sweden
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Commission’s 2022 Baltic quota proposals
The European Commission has adopted its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2022 for the Baltic, proposing an increase for Gulf of Riga herring, and unchanged quotas for sprat, plaice and…
Provisional EU measures to decommission Baltic fishing capacity have been agreed
Provisional agreement on Baltic fleet reduction
The European Parliament, Council and Commission have reached a provisional agreement on legislation that would allow fishing people affected by the dire condition of certain fish stocks in the Baltic…
Fish in a beach seine for microplastic analysis. Image: Maiju Lehtiniemi SYKE
Microplastics found in all water systems
According to research by Finnish Environment Institute SYKE and University of Eastern Finland, microplastics are now found in all Baltic waters and in fish, bivalve molluscs and benthic fauna. Microplastics…
Greenpeace appears to be attempting to engineer a conflict with the fishing industry by dropping boulders on Baltic fishing grounds. Image: Greenpeace
Illegal Greenpeace activity merits police involvement
As Greenpeace activists pull yet another carefully-timed publicity stunt by dropping rocks in the Baltic near the island of Rügen, supposedly to disrupt trawlers, sitting Member of the German Parliament…
Denmark’s Minister of Fisheries has approved a support programme for Baltic fishermen
Compensation for Baltic cod and herring fishermen welcomed
The Danish Fishermen’s Association has welcomed the good news for Danish Baltic cod and herring fishermen that Fisheries Minister Mogens Jensen is opening a compensation scheme for fishermen affected by…
The EU Commission proposal aim to reduce pressure on Eastern Baltic cod and to support communities that rely on the cod fishery
EU Commission proposes support for Eastern Baltic
The Commission has adopted a proposal offering support from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund to fishermen affected by the closure of the Eastern Baltic cod fishery to permanently decommission…