At the Council meeting in Brussels on Monday 6 March, Italy, Spain, Croatia and Slovenia expressed their opposition to the European Commission proposal for total allowable catches (TACs) for anchovy and sardines caught in the Adriatic Sea (see EUROPE 11733).
The countries most concerned by this proposal, in particular Italy, Croatia and, to a lesser extent, Slovenia, were highly critical of the proposal that would put a multiannual management plan in place for small pelagic stocks in the...