The Estonian fisheries for Baltic sprat and herring are the most important of the country’s fisheries both in terms of earnings as well as employment. Catches go mainly to export markets in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhastan as block frozen fish, but markets in Western Europe are also being explored. Estonian fishermen are organised into Producer Organisations that are responsible for the processing, sales and marketing of the fish. They can also set minimum prices below which the fish can not be sold, and administer the system of intervention mechanisms, that are triggered when prices fall below the minimum. Click here to read the full article in the Eurofish Magazine.

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