2015 Seabass Facts

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Protecting

sea bass The European Commission has announced a package of measures to protect sea bass Emergency ban on pelagic trawling of sea bass during spawning season (until the end of April) in:

The Irish Sea

The North Sea The Celtic Sea

The Channel Islands

Complementary measures will be proposed to manage recreational fishing and limit catches by all other commercial fisheries in coordination with:

The United Kingdom

France

Belgium

The Netherlands

Ireland

The European Commission will put forward a proposal to the Council

Why

pelagic trawling? Pelagic trawlers endanger sea bass during the spawning season (when they are most vulnerable) account

If the fishing of sea bass during the spawning season continues, the stock’s future will be jeopardised

25

%

of the reduction in stock

Sea bass

SSB in 1000 t

a stock in decline 20

SPAWNING STOCK BIOMASS

15 10 5

1985

1990

2000

1995

2005

2010

Below this limit, reproductive capacity risks being severely inhibited We are witnessing a rapid decline in sea bass stocks that could lead to a collapse

2015

Source: ICES 2014, advice for seabass in southern North Sea, Channel, Celtic Sea, Irish Sea

Sea bass & recreational fishing Sea bass is a popular target for recreational f ishers, especially anglers account

25

% toseabass landings

Top countries for recreational fishing 1 2

3

France United Kingdom

The Netherlands

1.3

900 000 anglers

million people

9

million

530

1.60

billion

million/year

Recreational angling supported

10 400 full-time

equivalent jobs

fishing trips every year

angling equipment, baits and boats

Fisheries

in 2012 in recreational fishing


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