Brussels, 30/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 1 October, the Commission is due to adopt a proposal sharply reducing total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for deep sea species. These species grow slowly and are vulnerable to overfishing. The permissible catches are for the next two years, 2009 and 2010. In particular, the Commission is proposing a halt to catches of orange roughy in 2010 and to ban catches of the species in the Western Scotland zone from 2009.
Deep sea species are...