The European Parliament’s draft report on the management plan for Baltic Sea species takes a harsh view of the plan, which “has not reached its objectives and has not led to populations of harvested species being restored and maintained above levels which can produce MSY” (maximum sustainable yield).
On Tuesday, 11 November, the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries will examine the draft report by Isabella Lövin (Greens/EFA, Swedish) on improvements to be made to the regulation (see EUROPE 13702/5).
Isabella Lövin has called on the European Commission to initiate a revision of the text so as to include “ecosystem reference points (ERPs) defining a ‘safe operating space’ that integrates productivity, trophic relationships, biodiversity, habitat impacts and environmental capacity” as well as offer safeguards limiting overly optimistic advice concerning a single stock.
According to the draft report (https://aeur.eu/f/jb8 ), the revision needs to include “environmental response mechanisms” that trigger management measures “requiring reduced fishing pressure across all stocks” if the ERPs indicate a decline in ecosystem productivity. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)