During the Scientific Seminar on Fisheries Science on 14 September, the European Commission called on EU member states and parties concerned to step up their efforts with a view to attaining maximum sustainable yield (MSY), despite the not very reassuring outlook for 2019 (see EUROPE 12038).
Joao Aguiar Machado, DG MARE Director General, has said that, for 2019, scientific opinion points to reducing certain large total allowable catches (TAC) in the Atlantic, the Channel and the North Sea. ...