Lawyers for the NGO ClientEarth have launched a legal challenge to the “unsustainable” total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas agreed between the EU and the UK for the year 2022, the organisation said on Monday 23 May.
In their second round of post-Brexit negotiations, the parties allowed EU and UK fishermen to catch fish stocks for which scientists have issued ‘zero catch’ advice to preserve the stock, explains ClientEarth. This is what is happening for stocks in a poor state...