21/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the Council of the EU adopted a regulation setting out a southern hake and northern lobster reconstitution plan for the waters off Spain and Portugal following the agreement in principle on the issue in November (see Europe 9055). The aim over two years is to boost the reproductive biomass of young hake to 35,000 tonnes to ensure the stock does not die out, and over ten years, and to rebuild the northern lobster stock over ten years by closing two...