On Tuesday 11 October, the European Parliament's fisheries committee expressed its hopes of making progress in discussions on the new multi-species management plan in the North Sea, despite considerable problems, such as the prospect of the UK, a country heavily involved in North Sea fishing, leaving the EU.
In early August, the Commission presented a proposal laying down a multi-annual management plan for demersal fish stocks (cod, haddock, plaice, pollock, sole, hake and langoustine) in...