LITHUANIA
The Baltic Sea fishing fleet comprises 29 vessels. They target mainly four species, sprat, herring, cod, and flounder.
The Lithuanian ďŹ sheries sector
Positive indicators abound The Lithuanian ďŹ sheries sector has a long historical traditions and is a part of the national heritage in the Baltic Sea coast area. The segment comprises a high seas eet, a Baltic Sea eet, and a coastal eet. There is also a small freshwater ďŹ shery in the Curonian lagoon. The aquaculture industry in Lithuania is dynamic and the production of farmed ďŹ sh has been increasing in terms of both value and volume.
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espite one of the shortest coastlines in Europe Lithuania has a long tradition of fishing. The Lithuanian fleet in 2014 consisted of 146 vessels. The fleet can be broadly categorised into vessels that fish in the Baltic Sea coastal area, those that operate in the Baltic Sea, and finally
the high seas fishing fleet. The latter are large vessels above 40 m in length and are active off the coast of west Africa (Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic), in the north Atlantic (North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization), in the Svalbard area,
and in the South Pacific (South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation).
Expiry of FPO with Mauritania hard for sector The number of vessels in the Lithuanian high seas fleet has
remained roughly stable since 2008 at about 12 vessels. Since 2009, when landings by this fleet reached 180 thousand tonnes, they have fallen to 74 thousand tonnes in 2013. In 2014 Lithuania’s distant water fleet was fishing in Mauritanian waters under the terms of the partnership
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