In a discussion paper on fishing possibilities for 2019, adopted on Monday 11 June, the European Commission acknowledges it will not be easy to phase out overfishing by 2020 (see EUROPE 12025, 12010).
The Commission’s main objective is to achieve “significant further progress” in 2019 towards reaching maximum sustainable yield for fishing (FMSY), as this is the last year before the FMSY objective of 2020, it is stated in the document on 2019 quotas.
The Union has made important...