NORTH SEA EEL QUOTAS OPENED
June 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has decided to open a 2006 quota of 300,000 tonnes for sand eel catches in the North Sea and Skagerrak, limiting the number of days at sea for EU vessels to the level of 2003. Brussels acted following advice from the EU's scientific, technical and economic committee (STECF). The decision changes last December's TACs and quotas for 2006, which had insisted sand eel fishing efforts not exceed 20% of the 2004 level. The aim was to allow monitoring of the sand eel fishery so a mid-year decision on a final quota could ...
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