Strasburg, 15/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 14 February, the European Parliament came out in favour of the extension of two access regimes to fish stocks in the North Sea - the “Shetland Box” and the “plaice box”.
In adopting the own-initiative report from Catherine Stihler (PES, UK) (see EUROPE 9122) by 560 votes to 56, with 15 abstentions, Parliament welcomed the Commission's decision to retain the Shetland Box for a further three years, to allow time to evaluate the effectiveness...