Managing Baltic Cod
When will Baltfish and EU Council start using the tools made available by the 2013 reform?
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Our Fish investigates
A new report highlights environmental failure and missed socio-economic opportunities by the Danish and German governments and provides several potential improvements for fisheries management.
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Latest council brief on Baltic TACs
This briefing provide analysis and comment on fishing quotas on the Fisheries Council agenda.
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Management Strategies
We support management strategies leading to sustainable fisheries embedded in thriving communities, aiming to minimise environmental impacts from fishing.
Baltic Sea
Working with the fishing industry and policy makers, we focus on improving fishery sustainability in the Baltic Sea through policy development.
Common Fisheries Policy
The CFP provides the framework for fisheries regulation in the European Union. We work with a number of polices and regulations emerging under the reformed CFP.
Latest news
April 17, 2018
EU begins evaluation of eel management
On 13 April, the European Commission released a Roadmap for the upcoming evaluation of the Eel Regulation. The evaluation is set to help the Commission decide whether to review the regulation or focus on improving implementation. Stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on issues related to the implementation of the Eel Regulation until 11 May … Continued
March 6, 2018
Environment ministers struggle to deliver on promise of a healthy Baltic Sea
Today, 6 March, the HELCOM ministerial meeting will gather Environment Ministers from the Baltic region in Brussels. The first of its kind for five years sees implementation of marine environment laws as its focus. But ten years after the original Baltic Sea Action Plan was signed all countries fall short on the promise of a healthy Baltic Sea, as described in a new report from World Wildlife Fund, WWF.
March 6, 2018
NGO coalition call on Danish fisheries minister to act after reports on illegal, unreported discarding of fish
In an open letter to the Danish fisheries minister Karen Ellemann, dated 21 February, seven NGOs call on Denmark to take action to stop the widespread illegal and unreported discarding in the Baltic cod fishery and suggest solutions for a successful Landing Obligation, which is an obligation under the EU common fisheries policy (CFP).
December 21, 2017
Red flags for EU fishing quotas
Ahead of the December Council meeting at which quotas for the Northeast Atlantic and North Sea are set, The Fisheries Secretariat along with Seas At Risk, The Pew Charitable Trusts, ClientEarth and Oceana provided a briefing to Ministers with recommendations for 16 stocks identified as being in environmentally poor condition and having been mismanaged. Ministers … Continued