01/03/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 1 March, the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries kicked off negotiations with the Council of the EU on the management plan for bluefin tuna stocks in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean with 22 votes in favour, none against and 2 abstentions. The European Parliament adopted its position (on first reading) on this bluefin tuna management plan at the end of April 2021 (see EUROPE B13113A14). The Council of the EU had rejected the...