21/03/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 20 March, member states adopted an amendment to the regulation total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for 2018, in particular for sandeel, which will apply retrospectively from 1 January 2018 (the fishing opportunities concerned not yet having been exhausted). The sandeel quota was set at zero because, for this short-lived species, the relevant scientific opinions only became available in the second fortnight of February (and fishing activities...