Black Sea Fishing

This is basically the yearly proposal the amount of fish that EU anglers may get through the primary commercial fish shares within the Ebony water. The proposals, which influence Bulgaria and Romania, are based on the EU's reformed Common Fisheries Policy and consider the best readily available medical advice.

For sprat, the Commission proposes to maintain a catch restriction of 11 475 tonnes. 70% tend to be assigned to Bulgaria and 30% to Romania.

For turbot, the Commission proposes to help keep the quotas at the exact same amount as 2016, i.e. at 86.4 tonnes.

These days's proposals seriously the back of successful work by Romania and Bulgaria to cut back unlawful and unreported fishing for Black water shares. Throughout 2016, both nations increased the settings on captures of turbot and imposed stricter monitoring, control and surveillance measures onto their particular vessels. Consequently, the effectiveness of fisheries management steps has enhanced. Romania and Bulgaria have actually devoted to implementing additional control steps in 2017.

The suggestion is going to be discussed by EU ministers at the Fisheries Council on 12-13 December.

Background

The Commission is advertising a local method of fisheries management inside Ebony water. In-may 2015, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) adopted steps to prevent, deter and eradicate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in turbot fisheries within the Ebony Sea plus administration actions for dogfish into the Black Sea. Both sets of steps entered into power in November 2015. In May 2016, they certainly were reinforced with extra administration actions looking to further protect the stocks in danger.

The Commission views that people actions are necessary but not adequate to make sure the sustainability of both types, and can continue taking care of establishing an administration arrange for turbot in the region in 2017. In addition the Commission will continue to work with Romania and Bulgaria in addition to with other riparian States and the GFCM to make usage of activities the Black water put down into the GFCM 2017-2020 multi-annual strategy plus the recently followed Bucharest Declaration associated with High-Level meeting towards enhanced collaboration in fisheries and aquaculture.