On Wednesday 19 February, the European Commissioner for Fisheries, Costas Kadis, sought to reassure the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries that the future ‘Oceans Pact’ would respect the concerns of fishermen.
On the subject of the management plan for stocks in the western Mediterranean, the Commissioner said that he had received letters from the sector and from the ministries of the countries concerned (France, Spain, Italy). “I know there are a lot of concerns. We will...