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The Eastern Baltic cod fishery has become the first fishery from Poland to enter into assessment against the MSC standard for well-managed and sustainable fisheries. If successful, the fishery will be eligible to show the blue MSC ecolabel on its cod catch from the Eastern Baltic Sea. The MSC ecolabel is the world’s best known mark for sustainably caught fish, with consumer recognition in major European markets of 23 to 55 per cent.
The Poland Eastern Baltic cod fishery is made up of five fishing organizations with 134 vessels. The fishers use trawls, long lines and gillnets to catch cod (Gadus morhua) in the Eastern Baltic Sea. Their annual total catch amounts to 5,500 tons on average. The cod from this fishery is sold mainly on the domestic market and is exported to European countries such as Germany and France.
The Eastern Baltic has benefited from reduced fishing pressure, increased spawning rates and a long term management plan which has seen the cod stock rebuild to healthy levels. Danish and German fisheries harvesting the stock have already achieved MSC certification and report greater market recognition for their catch.
