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96 Total marine fisheries extractions by country in the Baltic Sea: 1950-present, Rossing, Booth and Zeller lessen the pressures induced by fisheries on salmon stocks, as well as allow more accurate accounting of salmon catches, as estimates of salmon taken by seals from set trap-nets would be unnecessary. Discards of herring were the most substantial by volume. The total discards of herring accounted for almost 80% of the discards of all taxa between 1950 and 2007. Though discards of herring were substantial by volume, they accounted for only 8% of the total reported landings of herring by ICES, and 6.5% of the overall reconstructed catch of herring between 1950 and 2007. This emphasizes how little economic incentive there is to high-grade fish destined for industrial purposes. The second most affected species by discards was sprat, which is due to it being caught as bycatch in the pelagic herring fishery. Discards of flatfishes were the least severe (by volume) out of all Finnish fisheries, but represented about 25% of the total landings of flatfishes reported to ICES and the responsible fishing behaviors may be of significant concern. Flatfishes also represented a fairly large portion of the recreational catches, with over 11,000 tonnes reported over the period of study. Recently, ICES reported some improvement of the eastern Baltic cod stock and recommended an increase of the TAC by 15%. This is the maximum amount allowed under the EU‘s management plan for Baltic cod fishing (Veem, 2009). The observed improvement in stock size, however, has not elevated cod abundance beyond what are considered historically low levels, which are still far from what would be considered sustainable in the long-term. Historically, ICES‘ scientifically-recommended TAC levels for the management of cod stocks have been increased due to so-called socio-economic factors within the fishing industry. It has been commonplace for ICES TAC recommendations to be increased by a factor of 3 during negotiations with the European Council of Ministers (WWF, 2006) and Russia. Our methods used all the information available to combine reported landings with estimates of IUU catches. Apart from the adjustments to commercial landings and recreational catches that were obtained from the dataset provided by the FGFRI, the majority of our estimates were derived from Baltic-wide data presented in ICES stock assessment working group reports. The number of countries whose discards or unreported (‗unallocated‘) landings are included in these Baltic-wide estimates is unknown due to publicly non-transparent confidentiality agreements. Thus, in some sense, under current regulations, countries are able to remain anonymous and relatively unaccountable for IUU fishing. Though some of these data are available to the stock assessment community within ICES, the ‗true‘ level of catches lacks transparency to the public who are the ultimate beneficiaries and owners of a common resource. Increased transparency with regard to all fisheries catches is necessary in order for all stakeholders to be informed and to become involved in the future well-being of the Baltic Sea ecosystem. In addition to increased accountability and transparency of IUU catches of target species, regulations should require accountability for all species caught by fishing gear whether or not they are economically valuable, or whether they are discarded or brought to port. When all catches resulting from fishing gear are accounted for, management can begin to evolve towards an ecosystem-based management system that considers the whole ecosystem rather than focusing on single species in isolation from their environment. Records of these catches will facilitate the modeling of Baltic Sea ecosystems and key ecosystem processes governing some of the observed issues. Such baseline data would also provide the tools required to generate scenarios illustrating various management protocols and allow decision-makers and the public to make decisions based upon various biological, social and economic factors that incorporate both short- and long-term goals. An ecosystem-based management system will also require the cooperation of all Baltic countries to contribute such data, so the ecosystem can be considered in its entirety. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to thank the Baltic Sea 2020 Foundation for funding this project. We would specifically like to thank Mika Rahikainen, Eero Aro, Anssi Ahvonen and Pirkko Söderkultalahti of the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute for providing valuable insight, information and data. The Sea Around Us Project is a scientific collaboration between the University of British Columbia and the Pew Environment Group.
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