According to the minister, new reports show a strong recovery of the stock.
Miguel Arias Cañete was speaking in Luxembourg, at the start of the Council of Fisheries Ministers of the European Union, which discussed the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2014 and preparations for the annual meeting of the International Committee for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
For Baltic quotas, and in view of scientific reports which show a satisfactory situation and biomass stocks, Mr Arias Cañete explained that "we must make the most of the possibilities offered by the scientists."
