The NGO Oceana considers that the new proposal for a multiannual management plan for demersal fish stocks in the western Mediterranean, presented on Thursday 8 March by the European Commission, is insufficient to truly combat over-exploitation of the fish stocks concerned (especially hake, mullet and shrimp) (see EUROPE 11977).
According to Oceana, the plan perpetuates a fish management system that has proven to be a complete failure, mainly by controlling the fishing effort – by limiting...