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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for 2020 for the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea. Basing its decisions on scientific advice, it…
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU – Sveriges Landbruks Universitet) has taken delivery of a new 69.50 metre by 15.80 metre beam fishery and oceanographic research vessel built at…
With governments and emerging industries increasingly looking to the seas as sources of minerals and energy, the result is that the competition for maritime space is becoming increasingly tough. One…
Fishermen in Germany are furious at the Eastern Baltic cod fishery closure until the end of the year, and their associations, under Deutscher Fischerei-Verband, have sharply criticised both the decision…