Baltic SCOPE workshop discussion on FISHERIES at Baltic SCOPE Central Baltic case (involving Latvia, Estonia and Sweden) stakeholder conference on 31 May - 1 June 2016 in Jurmala, LATVIA Read more on: www.balticscope.eu * The information presented is the working exercise on the cross-border maritime spatial planning discussions and can not be treated as the official opinion of the European Commission and the Member States involved in the consortium of the Baltic SCOPE project.

1. FISHERIES
Workshop 1: sector

2. Does the Topic paper give a
correct picture?
• Yes.
• Pelagic fishing could be separated.
• Add a map with ICES square numbers and Latvian pelagic trawling
from annex

3. Recommendation to planners
from fisheries
1. Identify important areas also outside your EEZ
That means: Show areas that are important to your country,
regardless of where these areas are.
Because it is good for planners when they plan, otherwise they
will miss it. In additions, mutual efforts of showing these areas
can be a way to find areas of pan-Baltic importance.
2. Input data should be made in the same way in all countries
3. After identifying areas of importance add some extra space,
to safe up for future change
Because our maps are only snapshots.

4. Is it good to identify important areas based
on today’s market price?
Not that easy! Depends on how you calculate.
Profit or market price. And profit depends on so
many things, such as distance, vessel
efficiency, labour cost,…

5. Is historic data of catches a good way to
predict future changes of areas?
Not always.
Because it will not always be like it has been.
And climate change is a new factor.

6. Fishing patterns change due to politics too!
Examples:
EU-membership and Russian market.