Round Table Marine Angling met at the Baltic Sea Fisheries Institute

Representatives of the Deutscher Angelfischer-Verband (DAFV), the Deutscher Meeresanglerverband (DMV), the Landesanglerverbände Schleswig-Holstein (LAV-SH) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (LAV-MV), the Landessportfischerverband Schleswig-Holstein (LSFV SH), the Deutscher Fischereiverband (DFV) as well as officers of the German Baltic coastal states’ fisheries ministries attended the meeting. They were first thoroughly informed about the ICES advice and our data collection from the recreational fishery. Then an in-depth discussion followed on the potential contribution of recreational fishers to the recovery of the stock.