The European Commission adopted, on Wednesday 4 March, a proposal amending the 2019 regulation on Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and quotas for 2020 in the Baltic, "to allow scientific fishing during closed periods of the spawning grounds established for the two cod stocks" (see EUROPE B12349A12).
In addition, the proposal provides for technical adjustments to the Atlantic TAC and Quota Regulation 2020.
Regulation 2019/1838 establishes closed periods during the spawning season for the two...