After a long night of negotiations, the EU’s Fisheries Council agreed fishing limits for the North Sea and North-East Atlantic that will see overfishing continue in 2019. This was the penultimate chance for Ministers to meet their legal obligations under the Common Fisheries Policy to end overfishing for all stocks by 2020 at the latest.
For many stocks, including cod of the west of Scotland or pollack in the Celtic sea, the Ministers agreed fishing limits above the scientifically-advised...