At their meeting in Brussels on Monday 14 November, fisheries ministers who took the floor were somewhat critical of the proposal on a multiannual management plan for demersal fish stocks in the North Sea (see EUROPE 11645) but no delegation made any reference to the potential impact on this matter of the United Kingdom’s leaving the EU.
The proposal seeks to implement key aspects of the reformed common fisheries policy (CFP) in this zone (maximum sustainable yield, addressing difficulties...