ESTONIA
Table 4 Catches and quotas from lakes of Peipsi and Lämmi 2008-2012 (tonnes) Species
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Catches
Quotas
Catches
Quotas
Catches
Quotas
Catches
Quotas
Catches
Quotas
Pike-perch
622
1,000
654
600
508
546
672
672
643
714
European perch
746
820
808
850
1,205
1,200
757
900
1,058
1,400
Northern pike
55
95
66
85
46
70
100
110
151
160
Freshwater bream
370
700
537
570
435
460
578
600
564
614
Roach
204
475
189
330
198
330
225
305
204
300
European whitefish
1
7
3
5
1
7
0
5
0
3
Vendace
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
10
2
15
Burbot
25
50
27
50
26
50
30
50
20
50
Other
65
355
76
355
41
355
9
355
7
355
Total
2,089
3,503
2,360
2,846
2,461
3,019
2,371
3,007
2,649
3,611 Ministry of Agriculture
(NAFO), the Northeast Atlantic (NEAFC), and Svalbard. The fleet targets a variety of species of which the most important in terms of the allocated quotas are northern prawn (Pandalus borealis),
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Atlantic redfishes (Sebastes spp), skates, and Greenland halibut. Quotas are allocated in the form of tonnes or fishing days depending on the area, though in NAFO both are used. Today there are
six vessels in the fleet owned by three companies. Catches in 2012 at 11,990 tonnes fell to their second lowest level since 2005. Only in 2009 (10,881 t) were they lower. Northern prawns, Argentine hake,
and Atlantic redfishes accounted for 85 of the catches in 2011. The Estonian Long Distance Fishing Association has applied for the Barents Sea northern prawn fishery to be certified to the Marine
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