EU fisheries ministers will gather in Brussels on Monday 14 November to discuss the multiannual management plan for demersal species in the North Sea and to set 2017 and 2018 catch limits for deep-water fish stocks.
Deep sea species represent around 1% of the fish caught in the North-East Atlantic. Over the years, deep-water fishing and related employment has declined as stocks fell.
The Commission has proposed a general reduction in 2017-2018 quotas (see EUROPE 11640). The proposed...