Council Regulation (EU) 2021/90 fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

Summary:

Regulation (EU) 2021/90 - signed off by the Council of the European Union on 28 January 2021 - fixing the annual fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

Further information:

The European Commission table the initiative on 17 August 2020, aiming to deliver on the political commitments made in the MedFish4Ever and the Sofia Declarations to promote sustainable management of fish stocks in the two seas. It also implements the multiannual management plan for demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean. A political agreement between the Member States was reached on 17 December 2020. The Act was signed on 18 January 2021 and published in the Official Journal on 29 January 2021.

Official

EUR-LEX: COM(2020)377: Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2021 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Mediterranean and Black Seas https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2020:377:FIN

European Commission: News, 17/08/2020: Mediterranean and Black Seas: Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2021 https://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/press/mediterranean-and-black-seas-commission-proposes-fishing-opportunities-2021_en

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 17/12/2020: Agreement on fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Sea for 2021 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2020/12/17/agreement-on-fishing-opportunities-in-the-atlantic-north-sea-mediterranean-and-black-sea-for-2021/

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