Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2013 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea

The European Commission released on 17 August 2012 its proposal to fix the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2013. This annual procedure was seen as a tool to ensure that living aquatic resources were exploited under sustainable economic, environmental and social conditions, in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy.

With a view to simplifying and clarifying the annual Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and quota decisions, fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea had been fixed by a separate Regulation since 2006.

EUR-Lex: COM(2012)458: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2012:458:FIN

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