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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9951

30 July 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
Commission proposes management plan to protect Bay of Biscay anchovy stocks

Brussels, 29/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 29 July, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a long-term plan to manage the anchovy stock, fished exclusively by French and Spanish vessels, in the Bay of Biscay. The intention is to bring in the new rules when the anchovy fishery, which has been closed since July 2005, re-opens. The Commission decided in June of last year that the anchovy fishery would remain closed in the Bay of Biscay until at least June 2010, by which time it...

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