Next year’s total allowable catches (TACs) and national quotas for the 10 most commercially important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea have been set by the European Council.
In line with the European Commission proposals based on scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the agreement includes a rollover for Western cod (5,597 metric tons) and an increase in catches for central herring ( (up 20 percent to 229,355 MT) and sprat (up one pe…