International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission

IBSFC
20, Hozastr. 00-528
Warsaw POLAND
Phone: (48-22) 628.86.47.
Fax: (48-22) 625.33.72.
E-mail:

Table 1.: Status of fish stocks caught in fisheries managed by IBSFC

Fish stock	Water of habitat	State of resources	Exploitation level	Management measures		Comments
				Tech.	TAC/QUOTA
Cod (SD 22-24)	Baltic Sea	Within safe biological limits	High	yes	TAC set for the Whole Baltic	20% reduction in fishing mortality *)
Cod (SD 25-32)	Baltic Sea	Outside safe biological limits	High	yes		40% reduction in fishing mortality *)
Herring (SD 22-24,IIIA)	Baltic Sea	Uncertain	Uncertain	yes	TAC set for Sub-div. 22-29S + 32	The TAC is set higher than the catch corresponding to the advice from ICES
Herring (SD 25-29, including Gulf of Riga, 32)	Baltic Sea	Within safe biological limits	Moderate	yes
Herring (SD 30)	Baltic Sea	Within safe biological limits	Moderate	yes	TAC set for Sub-div. 29N, 30 and 31
Herring (SD 31)	Baltic Sea	Within safe biological limits	Low	yes
Sprat (SD 22-32)	Baltic Sea	Within safe biological limits	Moderate	yes	yes	The TAC is set higher than the catch corresponding to the advice from ICES
Salmon Main Basin and Gulf of Bothnia (SD 24-31)	Baltic Sea and inland waters	Wild stock outside safe biological limits	High	yes	yes	IBSFC Salmon Action Plan 1997 - 2010
Salmon Gulf of Finland (SD 32)	Baltic Sea and inland waters	Wild stock outside safe biological limits	High	yes	yes
Flounder	Baltic Sea Coastal waters	Uncertain or within safe biological limits	Moderate	yes	no	Insufficient data available to assess state of stock and exploitation
Plaice	Baltic Sea Coastal waters	Uncertain	Uncertain	yes	no
Dab	Baltic Sea Coastal waters	Uncertain	Uncertain	yes	no
Turbot	Baltic Sea Coastal waters	Uncertain	Uncertain	yes	no
Brill	Baltic Sea Coastal waters	Uncertain	Uncertain	yes	no

*) recommended by ICES

Table 2. Status of other commercial fish stocks managed by Coastal States

Bream

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Coastal waters			not utilised commercially
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate moderate	+
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate moderate
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate low	+
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	low high	+ +
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate	+ +	- -
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate	+ +	Leningrad-low
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low	- -

Eel

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Coastal waters Inland waters	Uncertain but probably high	+	stockings, decreasing catches
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	uncertain high	+ +	restocking
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters	uncertain uncertain		stock decreased remarkably
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	stocking need
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	stocking need stocking
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	stocking needed stocking needed
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate	+ +	stocking
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	more young fish transfer needed

Eelpout

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Coastal waters	uncertain probably moderate		decreasing
Estonia	Coastal waters	low -
Finland	Coastal waters
Germany	Coastal waters
Latvia	Coastal waters	high	+	monitoring
Lithuania	Coastal waters	low
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	low -	- -	Pomeranian Bay, Gdansk Gulf
Russian Federation	Coastal waters	low low	- -	monitoring need
Sweden	Coastal waters	no	no

Garfish

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Coastal waters	Uncertain probably Moderate	+
Estonia	Coastal waters	moderate	-
Finland	Coastal waters	low	-
Germany	Coastal waters	low	-
Latvia	Coastal waters	low	-
Lithuania	Coastal waters	low	-
Poland	Coastal waters	low	-	only bycatch
Russian Federation	Coastal waters	low	-	only bycatch
Sweden	Coastal waters	low	-	-

Perch

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Coastal water Inland waters			mainly recreational fishing
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	overutilized
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate moderate
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate moderate
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate moderate	+ -
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate high	+ +	no stocking no stocking
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate moderate	+ +	no stocking no stocking
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low	+ +
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate moderate	- -

Pike

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Coastal waters Inland waters			mainly recreational fishing
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	stocks depleted; stocking
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters	moder./high moder./high
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	stocking
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	low high	+ +	stocking stocking
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate	+ +	stocking stocking
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low	+ +
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate moderate	+ +

Pike perch

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Inland waters			recreational fishing
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	depleted; stocking
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high		natural production, stocking
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate moderate
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	stocking stocking
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	stocking stocking
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	- stocking
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate	+ +	in Leningrad region - depleted
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+	stockings

River lamprey

Coastal State

Waters of habitat

Exploitation level

Management measures

Comments

Denmark

Estonia

Coastal waters

Inland waters

moderate

Finland

Coastal waters

Inland waters

moderate

low

Germany

Coastal waters

Inland waters

unceratin

small fishery

Latvia

Coastal waters

Inland waters

high

stocking

Lithuania

Coastal waters

Inland waters

low

Poland

Coastal waters

Inland waters

low

Russian Federation

Coastal waters

Inland waters

moderate

In Kaliningrad region low level exploitation

Sweden

Coastal waters

Inland waters

low

Roach

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Coastal waters Inland waters			not utilized
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low	- -
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate	+ +
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate	+ +	- -
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low	+ +
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low	- -

Sea trout

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Coastal waters Inland waters	locally high	+	stockings in the western Baltic and Danish Belts. Stocking ceased in Bornholm to protect wild stocks
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate	+	restocking
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high		wild stocks in poor condition
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high low	+ +	stocking
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate low	+ +	stocking need stocking
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	natural spawning and stocking
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate low	+ +	stocking need stocking need
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	habitat restoration stockings (local material)

Smelt

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Coastal waters Inland waters			not utilised
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate	+ +	almost depleted underutilized
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate uncertain	+ +
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate	+ +	- -
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate	+ +
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	no low	- -

Three spined stickleback

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark	Coastal waters Inland waters			not utilized
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	low -
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low		uncertain state of stock
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	low moderate
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	no no
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	no no	- -

Vendace

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	- moderate	- +	stock recovering
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters	high moderate		large fluctuation
Germany
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	uncertain	+	stocking need
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate	+	stocking
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate	+	stocking
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	low	+	Leningrad region-high
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	high moderate	+ +	roe fishery in Autumn

Vimba

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high uncertain
Finland	Coastal waters Inland waters	uncertain uncertain
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high high	+ +	stocking
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	high low	+ +	improving of spawning grounds monitoring
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	no very low	+ +	stocking needed stocking needed
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low	+ +	stocking stocking
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	no low	- -

White fish

Coastal State	Waters of habitat	Exploitation level	Management measures	Comments
Denmark			+	recreational stocking
Estonia	Coastal waters Inland waters	Baltic - low, inland water high	+ +	Baltic Sea - depleted; restocking Inland water - overutilized
Finland	Bothnian Bay Coastal waters Inland waters	high moder./high		Natural production, stockings
Germany	Coastal waters Inland waters
Latvia	Coastal waters Inland waters	high uncertain	+ +
Lithuania	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate low	+ +	no stocking stocking
Poland	Coastal waters Inland waters	very low moderate	+ +	stocking stocking
Russian Federation	Coastal waters Inland waters	low low	+ +	stocking stocking
Sweden	Coastal waters Inland waters	moderate low	- -