The European Parliament's committee on fisheries voted on Tuesday 9 October in favour of a minimal management plan for the management of small pelagic stocks (sardines and anchovies) in the Adriatic Sea (see EUROPE 11948). Ruža Tomašić’s report (ECR, Croatia) was adopted with 14 votes in favour, 11 against and one abstention.
The ECR Group welcomed the good work of the rapporteur, who obtained a refusal of the catch quotas as proposed by the European Commission. "In Croatia...