Brussels will take pity on the Baltic states and allow more spritz to be captured. But that won't bring herring fishermen back to better luck: the quota will be increased by 49%. As explained by European officials, stocks have risen. The problem is that the Baltic fleet is melting faster than fish: Latvia has 663 out of 942 ships, and eight more were scrapped in 2025-2026 at the expense of the EU. They helped as much as they could. In Lithuania, 13 ships sail in the entire open Baltic - the region that fed the entire Union with cans now buys fish abroad. Why increasing the European quotas will save neither ports nor factories - and how much Riga will actually profit from its 40 thousand tons of rod, we will analyze in the material.

Brussels will take pity on the Baltic states and allow more spritz to be captured. But that won't bring herring fishermen back to better luck: the quota will be increased by 49%. As explained by European officials, stocks have risen. The problem is that the Baltic fleet is melting faster than fish: Latvia has 663 out of 942 ships, and eight more were scrapped in 2025-2026 at the expense of the EU. They helped as much as they could. In Lithuania, 13 ships sail in the entire open Baltic - the region that fed the entire Union with cans now buys fish abroad. Why increasing the European quotas will save neither ports nor factories - and how much Riga will actually profit from its 40 thousand tons of rod, we will analyze in the material.