1. Swedish Board of Fisheries
Under the government the Board is responsible for the conservation of fisheries resources and the management of fisheries. Within the framework of its sectoral responsibility for the environment, the Board promotes ecologically sustainable management of fish stocks.

2. Swedish Board of Fisheries
13 locations throughout Sweden, head office in Göteborg
Human resources: 384
Turnover: SEK 315 million
Founded in 1948
New national authority July 1th, 2011
- fresh- and marine water issues such as fisheries, environmental monitoring, marine spatial planning

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4. Research and Development Dept.
Provides scientific advice for management of aquatic resources based on an ecosystem approach
We identifies needs of new knowledge, develops methods and provides scientific advice on:
The status and processes of fish stocks and communities as well as ecosystems
Effects of human activities and the environment on fish and ecosystems
We use the best available knowledge as the basis for scientific advice for management at the national and international levels

5. Research and Development Dept.
Our work that focus on data collection, analysis of stocks and ecosystems, is organized in six advisory programs:
The Skagerrak/Kattegatt
The Baltic sea
The Great lakes
Diadromous species
Non-harmful fishing methods
Aquaculture, stocking and habitat restoration

6. Resources Management Dept.
Management of fish stocks
Regulating Swedish fisheries within the framework of the EU Common Fisheries Policy
Regulating coastal and inland fisheries
Regulating the fishing fleet and issuing fishing licenses to professional fishermen
Financial support to the fishing industry, the fish processing industry and aquaculture
Fisheries management and environmental protection in developing countries
Socio-economic research studies
Supporting recreational fisheries
Developing a consumer perspective
Protecting fisheries in environmental decisions
Enhance and develop fisheries protection

7. Fisheries Control Dept.
The Swedish Board of Fisheries is the authority overall responsible for fisheries control in close cooperation with the Swedish Coast Guard, including a joint fisheries competence centre as a Single Access Point for the fisheries industry, this includes:
Following up of fishing opportunities allocated to Sweden (quotas and effort)
Monitoring of fishing and the fish trade
Inspections of landings and transports
Quality controls
Providing access to fishing information, including official fishing statistics

8. The Swedish Natural Resources
long coastline, around km
important archipelago areas in the Baltic Sea and on the west coast
significant differences in climate and salinity
the largest lakes in Europe (Vänern, Vättern)
a total of more than lakes

9. The Swedish fishing fleet
Fishermen with a professional fishing license: 1 742
marine and coastal waters 1 549
inland water 193
Licensed fishing vessels: 1 437
vessel < 12 metres 1 167
vessel >12 metres 270

10. Three main segments
Pelagic trawlers: the Atlantic, the North Sea, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, the Baltic Sea. target species: herring, sprat, mackerel
Demersal trawlers: the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea target species: cod, shrimp, nephrops, saithe, haddock
Vessels with passive gear: the Skagerrak and the Kattegat, the Baltic Sea target species: cod, salmon, nephrops, turbot, eel, lobster, herring

11. Aquaculture
Total fish and shellfish for consumption and release ton for a value of 31 million Euro (2008)
Major species are rainbow trout, arctic char, mussels, eel
Appr. 200 aquaculture enterprises, half of the production is produced by less than 10 enterprises

12. Recreational fishing 1 million persons are recreational fishing
14 million fishing days 2006
A total catch of tons, 50% from inlands waters
Main species: perch, pike, trout, macherel
A total expenditure of million SEK

13. Important resource issues
A sustainable use of fishery resources
To follow scientific recommendations through ICES
To implement the ecosystem approach
Threatened species (e.g. eel)
Marine protected area
Non-fishing areas

14. Important industry issues
A sustainable use of fishery resources
Over-capacity in fishing fleet
Measures in three areas:
pelagic system with transferable quotas
regulation of cod fisheries in the Kattegat and the Baltic Sea
coastal fishery
New initiatives in aquaculture
Investment in fishing tourism
Extended fishery control

15. Fishing regulation in Sweden
The majority of fishing regulations can be found in statutes within the framework of the EU´s Common Fisheries Policy and Sweden's fisheries legislation.
Some fishery regulations have been determined with the support of the Environmental Code. This applies primarily to certain prohibitions on fishery and aquaculture operations within nature reserves, but may also have been prescribed by the Government or the Environmental Court in conjunction with construction activities in the water. Examples of the latter include fishing bans below hydroelectric power dams.
Local fisheries management co-operatives, which manage individual waters, can to some extent take decisions on fishery regulations within their areas.

16. EU legislation - we implement regulations decided within the CFP
Regulations for the fishing fleet
Catch quotas
Protected areas
Technical regulations such as mesh size, other selectivity installations on gear, days at sea (effort days), off-season periods
Vessel permits (Sweden over 5 meter)
Fisheries control regulations
The minimum is that we implement regulations decided within the CFP but we can decide to implement more severe regulations.

17. National legislation - We regulate the fishing industry and recreational fishing in Sweden
along the coast out to 4 nautical miles, the Great Lakes Vänern, Vättern, Mälaren, Hjälmaren and Storsjön and running water from the coast up to the first obstacle:
Fishing industry – implementation of CFP but also national regulations for non quota species, restricted/protected areas, off-season periods, minimum sizes.
Recreational fishing – gear regulations such as mesh size, restricted protected areas, off-season periods, minimum sizes.

18. Fiske
should be viewed as a strategy for bringing ecosystem services in seas and lakes into the spotlight
aims to provide a basis for the debate on sustainable fishing
a number of objectives to be reached, where the principles for
fisheries management are based on wider ecosystem considerations.
include all categories of fishing – fishing by the general public, commercial fishing and fishing tourism – as well as aquaculture.

19. Target areas
Target Area 1: Ensuring Functioning Ecosystems and Ecosystem
Services.
Target Area 2: Fisheries management
Target Area 3: Public Fishing
Target Area 4: Commercial Fishing
Target Area 5: Fishing Tourism
Target Area 6: Aquaculture
Target Area 7: The Processing of Fish
Target Area 8: Consumption and Trade