In the early hours of Tuesday 20 October in Luxembourg, the EU Fisheries Ministers reached a political agreement on the Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and quotas for 2021 in the waters of the Baltic Sea.
Ministers agreed to further reduce fishing opportunities for several fish stocks caught in the Baltic (cod, herring) in order to ensure their recovery. They decided to maintain the closure of the cod fishery in the Eastern Baltic and to provide only a by-catch quota for this stock, which is...