Brussels, 16/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - It is expected that, on Thursday 18 December, EU fisheries ministers will adopt, without debate, a regulation establishing “a multi-annual plan for the stock of herring distributed to the west of Scotland and the fisheries exploiting that stock”. With this extension to a new species, the EU is pursuing its strategy of putting in place management or recovery plans for endangered stocks. The Council working group on fisheries has examined the proposal...