On Friday 17 September, the European Commission adopted a proposal setting total allowable catches (TACs) and measures for 2022 in the waters of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
These catch limits will be adopted in December by EU Fisheries Ministers.
In the Adriatic Sea, the proposal implements the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) multi-annual management plan for demersal stocks and its objective of ensuring the sustainability of these stocks by 2026 through a reduction in fishing effort.
In addition, various management measures are proposed (eel, red coral, dolphinfish, red sea bream, and deep-water shrimp).
The proposal also implements the multi-annual management plan for demersal stocks in the Western Mediterranean (Spain, France and Italy). This part of the proposal (fishing possibilities, expressed in terms of maximum allowable fishing effort) will be completed as soon as the relevant scientific advice is available this year. The ultimate goal is to achieve maximum sustainable yield (MSY) by 1 January 2025 at the latest.
The proposal provides for TACs in the Black Sea for turbot (150 tonnes to be divided into two quotas of 75 tonnes for Romania and Bulgaria) and sprat (11 475 tonnes, as in 2021).
Link to the proposal: https://bit.ly/3lCS5st (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)