Under the Common Fisheries Policy, the EU must set TACs on sustainable levels and in line with scientific advice by 2020 at the latest. This means that this year’s Fisheries Council negotiations are the last chance to fulfill this legal requirement and end overfishing.
The new proposal aims to address the economic impact of the closure and help those fisher workers who will be hit the hardest.
Because of the exceptionally fragile state of the Baltic Sea ecosystem, the commission wants to strengthen control and data collection in the area of Baltic Sea.
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