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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9786

20 November 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Political agreement in Council on review of cod recovery plan

Brussels, 19/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Wednesday 19 November, EU fisheries ministers reached unanimous political agreement on the review of the cod recovery plan - the plan to rebuild cod stocks. Under pressure from a number of member states (the United Kingdom, Ireland and Belgium principally) the Commission withdrew the Celtic Sea from the revised plan, which will continue to be applied in the Kattegat, North Sea, Skagerrak, Eastern Channel, West Scotland and Irish Sea...

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