Press Release: The European Commission proposes a new Regulation for the sustainable management of Baltic salmon

The European Commission has tabled its proposal for a new Regulation of the Council and the European Parliament establishing a multiannual plan for the sustainable management of Baltic salmon.

Scientific advice indicates that stocks in some of the approximately 30 wild salmon rivers in the Baltic are outside safe biological limits and at risk of genetic depletion. A non-binding management plan established by the International Baltic Sea Fisheries Commission in 1997 expired in 2010, and without a new plan the future management of the stock will be left without clear objectives and without predictability for fishermen and tourism enterprises.

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual plan for the Baltic salmon stock and the fisheries exploiting that stock http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-regulation-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-establishing-a-multiannual-plan-for-the-baltic-salmon-stock-and-the-fisheries-exploiting-that-stock/

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