At a hearing held by the fisheries committee of the European Parliament on Thursday 25 January on the multiannual management plan for catches of small pelagic species in the Adriatic Sea, scientists and professionals of the sector were critical of the European Commission’s proposals to set a quota system in place.
In February 2017 (see EUROPE 11733), the European Commission proposed a multiannual plan which provides for a reduction in total allowable catches (TAC) of anchovy and sardine...