INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ROUND-UP – BALTIC SEA STOCK CONSERVATION MEASURES APPROVED
November 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have formally approved reductions to total allowable catches (TACs) in the Baltic Sea, with the aim of conserving stocks. That said, ministers did not reduce catches to the levels preferred by the European Commission: western Baltic herring catches have been cut by 39%, while Brussels wanted a 63% reduction: the Commission was mollified by a commitment from ministers to establish a long-term management plan for this stock. The EU Council of Ministers also approved a 15% TAC reduction for eastern Baltic herring. As ...
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