On Friday 30 August, the European Commission adopted its proposals, which are quite restrictive, on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for next year. The proposed reductions for cod (-68% in the western Baltic) and herring (-71% in the western Baltic) are severe.
As there is still a long way to go to achieve stock management in 2020 in line with the principle of maximum sustainable yield (MSY), the Commission has made sometimes drastic proposals on total allowable catches (TACs) and...