Sustainable Fishing Quotas

The party programme requires that measures are immediately put in place so that species can in the long term survive and makes long-term environmental considerations overriding other interests. The election manifesto states that overexploitation of nature's resources severely depletes biological diversity. The counter-proposal's requirement for changed calculation of fish quotas in the Baltic with significantly larger safety margins, based on the sea's actual condition, thus responds to these commitments and to the plan's view of research's role.

• environmental considerations overridingdecisive»de långsiktiga miljöhänsynen måste vara överordnade« (party programme ↗)“long-term environmental considerations must be overriding”
• stop overexploitation»Ett ständigt överutnyttjande av naturens resurser leder till kraftig utarmning av den biologiska mångfalden och växthusgasutsläpp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Continuous overexploitation of nature's resources leads to severe depletion of biological diversity and greenhouse gas emissions.”
• stop species depletion»till denna utarmning av den biologiska mångfalden« (party programme ↗)“to this depletion of biological diversity”
• decisions based on scientific grounds»Forskning utgör ett viktigt element i samhällets utveckling« (party programme ↗)“Research is an important element in society's development”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme requires a change in fisheries policy and states that natural resources and ecosystems are already being exploited beyond the limit of what is sustainable in the long term and that biodiversity must be protected. The concept of sustainability is defined as meeting today's needs without jeopardizing future generations' opportunities. Recalculating quotas for the Baltic Sea with significantly greater safety margins therefore follows from the plan, even though quota methodology is not explicitly addressed.

• reformed fisheries policydecisive»också en omläggning av jordbruks- och fiskeripolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“also a change in agricultural and fisheries policy.”
• ecosystems overexploited»naturtillgångar och ekosystem utnyttjas i dag över gränsen för det långsiktigt hållbara« (party programme ↗)“natural resources and ecosystems are today being exploited beyond the limit of what is sustainable in the long term”
• protect biodiversity»biologiska mångfalden måste skyddas.« (party programme ↗)“biodiversity must be protected.”
• consideration for future generations»kommande generationers möjlighet att tillfredsställa sina drömmar.« (party programme ↗)“future generations' ability to satisfy their dreams.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto demands that ecosystems at sea set the limits for how much fish may be caught and that ecosystem-based marine management be introduced, and the party programme wants fishing to not take out more than regrows. Changing the calculation of maximum sustainable yield and including a much larger safety margin based on marine condition is precisely this, strengthened by the precautionary principle that should be applied as far as possible. The counter-proposal's demands thus align with the plan.

• ecosystems set the limitdecisive»låt ekosystemen i haven sätta gränserna för hur mycket fisk som får fångas, inför en ekosystembaserad havsförvaltning och gå över till skonsamma fiskemetoder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“let ecosystems at sea set the limits for how much fish may be caught, introduce ecosystem-based marine management and move to gentle fishing methods.”
• the precautionary principle»För att skydda miljön ska försiktighetsprincipen tillämpas så långt det är möjligt.« (party programme ↗)“To protect the environment the precautionary principle should be applied as far as possible.”
• extraction within regrowth»ska vara pådrivande inom EU och globala organisationer för ett ansvarsfullt fiske som återuppbygger utfiskade bestånd och inte tar ut mer än återväxten.« (party programme ↗)“must be driving within the EU and global organizations for responsible fishing that rebuilds depleted stocks and does not take out more than returns.”
• sustainability criteria for fishing rights»Fiskerätter ska fördelas utifrån hållbarhetskriterier.« (party programme ↗)“Fishing rights must be distributed according to sustainability criteria.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan is based on the precautionary principle and requires that seas be saved, and identifies overfishing and depleted biological diversity as serious environmental problems. Setting quotas with a larger safety margin based on the Baltic Sea's actual state follows from this. At the same time, the plan wants to protect the small-scale fishing industry, which speaks for management that protects stocks long-term.

• the precautionary principledecisive»Med försiktighetsprincipen, utgångspunkten att förorenaren« (party programme ↗)“With the precautionary principle, the starting point that the polluter”
• save the Baltic Sea»Rädda Sveriges sjöar, vattendrag och hav.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Save Sweden's lakes, waterways and seas.”
• overfishing as environmental problem»hormonstörande ämnen, klimatförändringar, vattenbrist, utfiskning och utarmad biologisk mångfald på« (party programme ↗)“hormone-disrupting substances, climate change, water scarcity, overfishing and depleted biological diversity on”
• protect small-scale fishing»Skadlig bottentrålning ska inte få förstöra för varken havsmiljön, den småskaliga fiskenäringen eller sportfisket.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Harmful bottom trawling should not be allowed to damage the marine environment, small-scale fishing or sports fishing.”

The party programme demands that fishing is conducted long-term sustainably and keeps itself within the framework of scientific assessments of what the stocks can bear, and the election manifesto states that the seas are in poor condition and industrial fishing shall be limited. That changing the quota setting for the Baltic Sea with a considerably greater safety margin that mirrors the sea's condition follows from these commitments. The plan also wants to protect the seas through agreement between coastal states.

• fishing within stocks' tolerancedecisive»Fisket måste bedrivas på ett långsiktigt hållbart sätt och hålla sig inom ramen för vetenskapliga bedömningar av« (party programme ↗)“Fishing must be conducted in a long-term sustainable way and keep itself within the framework of scientific assessments of”
• seas in poor condition»Rädda hav och vatten. Våra hav och vatten är i dåligt skick.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Save seas and waters. Our seas and waters are in poor condition.”
• limit industrial fishing»Kampen mot övergödningen ska fortsätta, industrifisket ska begränsas och de mest värdefulla havsområdena skyddas som marina reservat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against eutrophication shall continue, industrial fishing shall be limited and the most valuable sea areas protected as marine reserves.”
• sea protection via coastal state agreement»Sverige omges av hav som behöver skyddas genom avtal mellan alla kuststater.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden is surrounded by seas that need to be protected through agreement between all coastal states.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that extra caution be applied when there is suspicion of threat or irreversible environmental damage, which is precisely what the counter-proposal seeks to build in as a larger safety margin in quota calculation. The plan also establishes that excessively large fishing takes do not benefit anyone and that fishing shall be long-term sustainable. According to the plan, biological diversity is a prerequisite for ecosystems' productive capacity.

• the precautionary principledecisive»också att agerandet grundas på försiktighetsprincipen.« (party programme ↗)“also that action is based on the precautionary principle.”
• overfishing damages the industry»Ett alltför omfattande fiskeuttag gynnar ingen utan resulterar endast i att tillgången sinar och att näringen på« (party programme ↗)“Excessively large fishing takes benefit no one but result only in the supply dwindling and the industry”
• sustainable fishing»långsiktigt ekologiskt, socialt och ekonomiskt hållbart.« (party programme ↗)“long-term ecologically, socially and economically sustainable.”
• diversity sustains ecosystems»Mångfalden är en förutsättning för ekosystemens långsiktiga produktionsförmåga.« (party programme ↗)“Diversity is a prerequisite for ecosystems' long-term productive capacity.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that the decline of herring and sprat stocks in the Baltic Sea should be fought and that the development with reduced stocks must be reversed. A revised calculation of quotas with a larger safety margin, adapted to the Baltic Sea's poor condition, serves that goal. The party programme also requires that science and facts are leading, which supports a better basis for quota decisions.

• strengthened stocks in the Baltic Seadecisive»Stävja minskningen av sill-/strömmingsbestånden i Östersjön genom att flytta gränsen för trålfiske från fyra till tolv nautiska mil« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Fight the decline of herring and sprat stocks in the Baltic Sea by moving the trawl limit from four to twelve nautical miles”
• scientific basisweak support»Vetenskap och fakta ska vara ledande i klimat- och miljöpolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“Science and facts shall lead in climate and environmental policy.”
• reverse stock decline»Fiskerinäringen har drabbats hårt av minskade bestånd på senare år inte minst på grund av det kustnära trålfisket« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fishing industry has been hit hard by reduced stocks in recent years, particularly as a result of coastal trawling”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that the marine and water environment should be prioritized more clearly over overly intensive fishing and that the pace of restoring the Baltic Sea should increase. A changed quota-setting with greater safety margin that is based on the sea's actual condition follows from that and from the precautionary principle. The plan at the same time requires that environmental policy be tuned to new research findings, which the counter-proposal's criticism of the calculation basis connects with.

• marine environment before intensive fishingdecisive»Vår havs- och vattenmiljö måste prioriteras tydligare framför ett allt för intensivt fiske och omfattande vindkraftsutbyggnad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our marine and water environment must be prioritized more clearly over overly intensive fishing and extensive wind power expansion.”
• the precautionary principle in environmental policy»Försiktighetsprincipen är således central inom Sverigedemokraternas miljöpolitik« (party programme ↗)“The precautionary principle is thus central to the Sweden Democrats' environmental policy”
• research-based policy»Miljöpolitiken måste alltid stämmas av mot nya rön i forskningen och baseras på fakta framför känslor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Environmental policy must always be tuned to new findings in research and be based on facts rather than emotions.”
• restore the Baltic Sea»Öka takten i arbetet med att återställa havsmiljön i Östersjön« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase the pace of work to restore the marine environment in the Baltic Sea”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.