Four non-governmental organisations – Pew, ClientEarth, Seas at Risk and Oceana – have warned of the threat posed to fish stocks by overfishing, ahead of the meeting of EU fisheries ministers at which they will try to reach agreement, late in the night of 12-13 December, on fishing opportunities in the Atlantic in 2018 (see EUROPE 11920).
The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) says that all stocks should be fished at levels that make it possible to deliver maximum sustainable yield (MSY)...