Regulation (EU) 2018/1628 fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea

Summary:

On 31 August 2018 the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities applicable in the Baltic Sea.

The Council of the European Union adopted the new Regulation on 30 October 2018, at the same time amending Regulation (EU) 2018/120 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters.

Further information:

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

Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 establishing a multiannual management plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks further specifies the values of fishing mortalities expressed as ranges which are used in this proposal in order to reach the objectives of the CFP, especially reaching and maintaining the MSY.

The objective of the proposed Regulation is to fix, for the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea, the fishing opportunities for Member States for 2019.

EUR-Lex: COM(2018)608: Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2019 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2018:608:FIN

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