The European Commission (EC) has tabled its proposal, to be discussed by ministers in October, on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2012; with the overall aim of making fisheries in the Baltic Sea environmentally and economically sustainable.
Based on scientific advice, the EC proposes to:
- increase total allowable catches for both stocks of Baltic cod and for two stocks of herring (Western and the Gulf of Bothnia);
- decrease total allowable catches in the remaining stocks, in particular salmon, given the stocks' poor state; and
- limit the number of days at sea for fishing vessels to the levels established last year.
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