Brussels, 18/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 18 December, the EU Council of Ministers adopted, without debate, a regulation strengthening the long-term cod recovery plan covering the Kattegat, North Sea, Skagerrak and Eastern Channel, West of Scotland, and Irish Sea areas. On 19 November, EU fisheries ministers reached unanimous political agreement on the plan, the new provisions of which will come into effect from 1 January 2009 (see EUROPE 9786). The Celtic Sea cod stock, although...