As we had anticipated (see EUROPE B12300A6), on Tuesday 23 July the European Commission announced a ban, with immediate effect, of commercial fishing for cod in most of the Baltic Sea until 31 December 2019.
These emergency measures were published in the Official Journal of the EU. They aim to “prevent the imminent collapse of the cod stock in the Eastern Baltic”. According to Karmenu Vella, Fisheries Commissioner, “the impact of this cod stock collapsing would be catastrophic for...