SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries

EU Council agrees on Baltic Sea catch limits for 2023

Luxembourg, 17/10/2022 (Agence Europe)

In Luxembourg on Monday 17 October, the fisheries ministers of the EU Member States reached a political agreement on the levels of the total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for 2023 for fish stocks in the Baltic Sea.

The compromise, which is very close to the European Commission’s proposals, provides for a reduction in the following TACs: herring in the Gulf of Bothnia (-28%), herring in the Gulf of Riga (-4%) and sprat (-11%; the Commission had originally proposed -20%).

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