Regulation (EU) 2018/1070 fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea

Summary:

The European Commission presented on 5 July 2018 a proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 as regards fishing quotas for Gulf of Bothnia herring in the Baltic Sea.

The Council of the European Union adopted a new Regulation on 26 July 2018.

Further information:

Regulation (EU) 2017/1970 fixed the fishing opportunities for the Gulf of Bothnia herring in 2018 based on and in line with the Baltic Sea multi-annual management plan (Regulation (EU) 2016/1139). The EU quota was set at 84,599 tonnes corresponding to the fishing mortality at MSY point value, i.e. 0.15.

In 2018 an amendment to Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 came into force as regards the MSY values for the Gulf of Bothnia herring stock in line with the latest advice provided by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The amendment increases the numerical values of the MSY fishing mortality ranges and provides the legal basis to amend the respective fishing opportunities set in Regulation (EU) 2017/1970.

The proposed Regulation sets the EU quota for the Gulf of Bothnia herring at the level of 95,566 tonnes corresponding to the fishing mortality at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) point value, i.e. 0.21.

EUR-LexL COM(2018)500: Proposal for a Regulation fixing for 2018 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:2018:500:FIN

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