Brussels, 30/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - The Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU and European Parliament negotiators reached a political agreement on Wednesday 29 June on the up-dating of the long-term plan for cod stocks in the North Sea.
After four years of discussions, the institutions have at last reached a compromise on the revision of the 2008 regulation on the cod management plan. The former plan contained a complicated fishing effort system (days at sea) which failed to improve...