On Tuesday 12 October in Luxembourg, the EU Fisheries Ministers reached a political agreement on next year’s total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas in the waters of the Baltic Sea.
The agreement reached includes most of the European Commission’s proposals.
The TAC for herring in the Western Baltic Sea has been limited to by-catches (only 788 tonnes, which is a 50% decrease compared to 2021). In the Central Baltic, the TAC for herring was reduced by 45% to 53,653 tonnes (t).
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