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The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has published its management advice for the commercially exploited marine fish stocks of the Baltic Sea today. From a German fisheries point of view, the pelagic stocks (herring and sprat) and flatfishes (mainly plaice and flounder) are…

Lots of interest in fresh fish display, recreational fishing and potential effects of the Major Baltic Inflow of saline water on commercially exploited fish.

2nd German Baltic fishery confirms high sustainability standard.

Status of Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries gear technology research presented to the European Parliament’s fisheries committee (PECH).

This year the ICES Baltic Salmon and Trout Assessment Working Group (WGBAST) met for the first time in Rostock.

Baltic cod benchmark workshop held at the Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries made significant progress on stock assessment of both stocks.

A trawl developed in Germany with guard rail and emergency exits wins innovation price for selective gear.

On Dec 8th, 2014, “Fischbestände online” received the GdF-Thünen prize in the category “best target audience specific work”. The prize is offered biennially and was assigned in this category for the first time this year.

The ICES benchmark workshop on Baltic cod has outlined the work required in the short term to solve the current assessment problems with Baltic cod, and the EU minister’s council has agreed on Baltic cod TACs.

“Invitation to a state visit” was the slogan of this year’s open day of the German federal government. At the Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture (BMEL) in Berlin, the focus was on fish (“Mehr sehen”).