Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2090 fixing the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2023 and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/109 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters

Summary:

Regulation (EU) 2022/2090 - adopted by the Council of the European Union on 27 October 2022 - fixing the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks in the Baltic Sea for 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2022/109 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters.

Further information:

Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 - the Basic Regulation for the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) - establishes that the exploitation of living marine biological resources must restore and maintain populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield (MSY). One of tools in this respect is the annual fixing of fishing opportunities in the form of total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas. Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 laid down the multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea, which further specifies target fishing-mortality ranges.

The Council Regulation fixes Member States’ fishing opportunities for 2023 for the commercially most important fish stocks and groups of fish stocks in the Baltic Sea. It also regulates marine recreational fisheries to the extent required to conserve the fish stocks covered by this regulation. It was tabled by the European Commission on 23 August 2022. A political agreement between Member States on Baltic Sea catch limits for 2023 was reached on 17 October. The Act was formally adopted on 27 October 2022 and published in the Official Journal on 31 October 2022.

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EUR-LEX: COM(2022)415: Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2023 and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/109 as regards certain fishing opportunities in other waters https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2022:415:FIN

European Commission: Press Release, 23/08/2022: Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2023 in the Baltic Sea in an effort to recover species https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_5064

European Commission: Q&A, 23/08/2022: Commission proposal for fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2023 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_22_5067

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 17/10/2022: Baltic Sea: Council agrees catch limits for 2023 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/10/17/baltic-sea-council-agrees-catch-limits-for-2023/

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