The NGO, Our Fish, has criticised the European Commission’s lack of ambition in its timetable for reaching the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for managing fish stocks.
In its response to the public consultation on fishing opportunities for 2019, the Our Fish NGO said that it was disappointed to see that the Commission was behind in its Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) targets to eradicate overfishing and for using stocks sustainably by 2020 at the latest (see EUROPE 12038).
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