EU ministers keep Baltic herring exception, defy Commission

EU agriculture ministers voted to maintain the exemption allowing coastal Baltic fishermen to catch herring, overruling the European Commission's long-standing push to end it. The decision reflects persistent tension between member-state interests and EU institutional policy on fisheries sustainability. It signals a political setback for the Commission's environmental agenda in the Baltic region.

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