On Tuesday 19 February, the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries approved (15 votes in favour, 6 against and 2 abstentions) the compromise between institutions on the multiannual plan for the management of demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean (see EUROPE 12187).
The plan offers Member States considerable flexibility in terms of the measures to be put in place to save overexploited fish stocks in the Mediterranean.
Parliament will adopt this plan at the April plenary...