Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea

In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, the exploitation of living marine biological resources shall restore and maintain populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield. One important tool in this respect is the annual fixing of fishing opportunities in the form of total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas.

The objective of this proposal is to fix, for the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea, the fishing opportunities for Member States for 2016.

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)413: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:413:FIN

ESO: Background information: Commission proposes Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2016: more stocks than ever to be fished at sustainable levels http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-proposes-baltic-sea-fishing-opportunities-for-2016-more-stocks-than-ever-to-be-fished-at-sustainable-levels/

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