The European Parliament fisheries committee reached agreement on Wednesday 13 July on tightening the provisions of the multi-annual plan for the management of demersal stocks, such as cod and haddock, in the North Sea.
This is the second multi-annual plan under the new common fisheries policy, after the one already in operation in the Baltic Sea (see EUROPE 11773).
In adopting the report by Ulrike Rodust (S&D, Germany), MEPs have included rules which: - set the ranges (minimum-maximum)...