CCB disappointed on the IBSFC meeting outcome!

Baltic Cod Fishing Quotas for 2004 - still a threat for the long term survival of the Baltic Cod. The Cod stock is planned to be overfished with 45% for year 2004.

2/3 of all wild Baltic salmon river populations are threatened, but fisheries still allow for catches of threatened wild salmon, in mixed open-sea fisheries.

The Baltic Sea Region countries decided on a cod quota, that is 45% above the scientific advice. Baltic region governments still squeeze out as much as possible from the threatened Baltic eastern cod stock. This means that governments don´t implement a true precautionary approach for Baltic cod fisheries. The quota is preliminary for the Eastern cod stock, and can be revised in February 2004 in the light of updated catch forecasts. Some countries see this as a possibility to raise the quota even more.

For more info, please read:

CCB Press-release 2003-10-03
CCB proposals to the IBSFC meeting in Sept-Oct 2003
CCB map of Baltic Salmon river populations that are threatened

For more information you can also contact Mr Gunnar Norén,
CCB International Secretariat, phone +46-18-71 11 70,
mobile +46-70-560 53 52