05/03/2019 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 5 March, the Council of the EU adopted without debate the regulation on the multi-annual plan for the management of fish stocks in western waters (see EUROPE 12192). The plan sets out the rules for the exploitation of demersal species such as hake, cod, herring and common sole, as well as deep-sea stocks. In a declaration, the Commission stated that the inclusion of the European sea bass in the list of species covered by the plan “does not imply...