EU fishing quotas pose risk to some stocks, say campaigners

Ministers setting limits for 2019 accused of ignoring scientific advice on overfishingFisheries ministers meeting in Brussels to decide EU quotas for next year have set some stocks within levels scientists deem sustainable but left many others vulnerable to overfishing.The ministers also said there would be a review of the planned ban on the discarding of edible fish at sea, which could, in effect, mean the wasteful practice is allowed to continue despite an eight-year battle to end it. Continue reading...