Brussels, 27/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 22 May, the European Commission launched a public consultation, to run until 11 September 2015, on putting multi-annual plans in place for the management of demersal species in the western waters of the EU. It also asks whether sea bass should be covered by any such plans (see EUROPE 11318).
The Commission states that the new plans must abide by the rules of the new common fisheries policy (CFP) which require that: - the fish stocks concerned...