Fishing for herring and sprat in the central Baltic Sea can increase by 139 percent, according to ICES, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, which today published its recommendations to the EU for fishing in 2025.
Targeted fishing for herring and sturgeon can also continue in 2024. The EU countries have agreed on significantly larger catch quotas than what the European Commission wanted to see.
A battle for fermented Baltic herring and small fishermen, the government believes when it now takes up the fight against the EU Commission's proposal to stop herring and sturgeon fishing in the Baltic Sea. Heavy night mangling awaits in Luxembourg.
Several stocks of the Baltic herrings in the Baltic Sea are seriously threatened according to the World Wide Fund for Nature's latest Fish Guide. The Baltic herring is an engine in the ecosystem and when the stock shrinks, it has consequences, says fishing expert Inger Melander.
