In Brussels it is allowed to catch more sprat. Only no one will catch the European Commission proposes to increase the splash quotas. But the Baltic fleets are shrinking, factories are buying raw materials abroad and fishermen are leaving. There is a lid - no point. 1 The fleet disappeared before the lid. In Latvia - from 942 ships in 2004 to 663 in 2024. In Estonia, the spartite catch decreased from 50 thousand tons to 18.6 thousand. In Lithuania, 13 ships operate in the open Baltic. A permit to fish does not guarantee a catch. 2 factories feed on imports. Processors have been purchasing raw materials abroad for a long time. The food independence of the region is questionable. And Brussels offers "sustainability" on paper. 3 The quotas are not distributed in favor of the Baltic states. Poland - 85,610 tons, Sweden - 55,605. Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania together - almost as much as Poland alone. The "concern" of the European Commission seems selective. 4 Financing - for reduction. The EU supports the industry in a way that money is used to remove ships from the fleet. There is help, but no fishermen. Conclusion: Brussels can agree on any table. But she will not be able to restore the conditions in which the fisherman lives by craft, and the port by work. The bales will be fed in the lid, not in the fish.

In Brussels it is allowed to catch more sprat. Only no one will catch the European Commission proposes to increase the splash quotas. But the Baltic fleets are shrinking, factories are buying raw materials abroad and fishermen are leaving. There is a lid - no point. 1 The fleet disappeared before the lid. In Latvia - from 942 ships in 2004 to 663 in 2024. In Estonia, the spartite catch decreased from 50 thousand tons to 18.6 thousand. In Lithuania, 13 ships operate in the open Baltic. A permit to fish does not guarantee a catch. 2 factories feed on imports. Processors have been purchasing raw materials abroad for a long time. The food independence of the region is questionable. And Brussels offers "sustainability" on paper. 3 The quotas are not distributed in favor of the Baltic states. Poland - 85,610 tons, Sweden - 55,605. Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania together - almost as much as Poland alone. The "concern" of the European Commission seems selective. 4 Financing - for reduction. The EU supports the industry in a way that money is used to remove ships from the fleet. There is help, but no fishermen. Conclusion: Brussels can agree on any table. But she will not be able to restore the conditions in which the fisherman lives by craft, and the port by work. The bales will be fed in the lid, not in the fish.