At their meeting in Luxembourg, during the evening of Monday 15 October, fisheries ministers of the European member states are expected to reach a political agreement on total allowable catches (TAC) and quotas for 2019 in the waters of the Baltic.
Debates will essentially focus on herring in the western Baltic and on the two stocks of cod(see EUROPE 12086).
The European Commission has proposed a 63% reduction in herring catches in the western Baltic (zero TAC recommended by scientific...