Multiannual plan for fisheries in the Baltic Sea
At a Glance
20-04-2015
Multiannual plans for fisheries management are an essential tool to ensure the sustainable exploitation of fish stocks and marine ecosystems, and also offer fishermen increased predictability over the long run. In October 2014, the European Commission proposed a multiannual plan for stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and for the fisheries exploiting them. This proposal, the first to build on the principles of the 2013 reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, may be seen as a test case.
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- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- Baltic Sea
- catch of fish
- common fisheries policy
- delegation of power
- ENVIRONMENT
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EUROPEAN UNION
- executive power and public service
- fisheries
- fishery management
- fishing rights
- interinstitutional relations (EU)
- natural environment
- POLITICS
- sea fish
- sea fishing