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106 Total marine fisheries extractions by country in the Baltic Sea: 1950-present, Rossing, Booth and Zeller
Total marine fisheries extractions by country in the Baltic Sea: 1950-present, Rossing, Booth and Zeller 107 GERMANY’S MARINE FISHERIES CATCHES IN THE BALTIC SEA (1950-2007) 1 Peter Rossing a , Cornelius Hammer b , Sarah Bale a , Sarah Harper a , Shawn Booth a and Dirk Zeller a a Sea Around Us Project, Fisheries Centre University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada; email: p.rossing@fisheries.ubc.ca; s.bale@fisheries.ubc.ca; s.harper@fisherie.ubc.ca; s.booth@fisheries.ubc.ca; d.zeller@fisheries.ubc.ca b Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei (vTI) Institut für Ostseefischerei, Alter Hafen Süd 2, 18069 Rostock, Germany; email: cornelius.hammer@vti.bund.de ABSTRACT Total fisheries catches by Germany in the Baltic Sea from 1950-2007 were estimated using a method called ‗catch reconstruction‘ that used ICES landing statistics as a baseline, then adjusted these data based on data available from other sources such as ICES stock assessment working group reports and national data, unreported landings, discards, and recreational fishing. Cod (Gadus morhua) contributed the largest proportion of unreported landings, discards, and recreational catches, although herring (Clupea harengus) is also an important commercial species. The reconstructed catch from 1950-2007 was approximately 36% higher than catches attributed to Germany by ICES landing statistics for the same time period. We believe that this reconstruction remains a conservative estimate. Overexploitation of marine resources, either legally or illegally, is a serious problem in many areas of the world including the Baltic Sea. Comprehensive accounts of total catches (in contrast to reported commercial landings only) as well as full public transparency of all data collection, the scientific advice and political decision process will be crucial in any efforts to move towards ecosystem-based management of the Baltic Sea. INTRODUCTION The Federal Republic of Germany has coastlines both along the Baltic and North Seas (Figure 1). With an area of approximately 357,000 km 2 , and a population of 82.6 million (UN, 2009), Germany is not only Europe‘s second most populous nation, but its strongest economically. After World War II, Germany was divided into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) also known as ‗West Germany‘ and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) also known as ‗East Germany‘. The western state (FRG) became involved with western economic and security organizations, and was a founding member of the European Commission (EC) in 1957 (which became the European Union [EU] in 1993). The GDR was part of the Soviet aligned eastern bloc. At the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, the country was re-unified under the banner of the Federal Republic of Germany. Though the marine fishing industry has never contributed significantly to the GDP (0.13%), Germany runs substantial deep-sea operations in the North Atlantic and North Sea, as well as small-scale fisheries in the Baltic Sea (Anon., 2007b). German fishers mainly target sprat (Sprattus sprattus), herring (Clupea harengus), cod (Gadus morhua), and flounder (Platichthys flesus) in the Baltic Sea, with reported landings in 2007 totaling approximately 73,000 tonnes (t) annually (UN, 2009). The German Baltic fleet is comprised of cutters and coastal fishing boats. The total number of vessels doubled after reunification in the 1990s, but capacity (gross tonnage) has since been decreased by about 40%. In 2004, there were a total of 445 cutter and coastal vessels targeting herring (a mixture of fixed and trawl gear), 27 vessels targeting sprat (trawls), and 573 vessels targeting cod (gillnet and trawl). In 2003, there were approximately 2,200 registered vessels and 4,000 commercial fishers (Anon., 2007b). Though there is little information in the literature about recreational fishing in Germany, angling for cod, flounder and herring is well-established (Anon., 2007a). Authorities have since 2005 been in the process of conducting surveys to obtain quantitative information on these fisheries (ICES, 2005). In addition, marine 1 Cite as: Rossing, P., Hammer, C., Bale, S., Harper, S., Booth, S., and Zeller, D. (2010) Germany‘s marine fisheries catches in the Baltic Sea (1950-2007). pp. 107-126. In: Rossing, P., Booth, S. and Zeller, D. (eds.), Total marine fisheries extractions by country in the Baltic Sea: 1950-present. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 18 (1). Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada [ISSN 1198-6727].
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