Fisheries in Latvia within the project BalticSCOPE
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* The information presented is the working exercise of 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.
3. Fish spawning and nursery
areas
KartessagatavošanāizmantotiZI“BIOR” dati.
Skaits/m2
Daily sprat spawn production
2004 -2013
Nursery areas and important coastal habitats
including reefs
4. Sector priorities
1. Protection of fish spawning and nursery areas –
prohibition of trawling for certain periods, most
important area- coastal zone up to 20 m depth
2. Area of national interest: protection of most intensive
fish catches areas –where 75% of total catch effort
registered should be kept free of construction
3. Marine aquaculture – each investment proposal should
be treated separately through EIA procedure