The proposals, published at the end of October, are only for stocks not shared with third countries so do not include the main North Sea stocks shared with Norway and also some for which the Commission has only recently received the scientific advice.
The stocks where increases are proposed are Iberian horse mackerel (IX 70 percent) and monkfish (VIIIc, IX,X 14 percent), North Sea prawns (14 percent), Western Channel sole (VIIe) 2 percent). Unchanged stocks are Iberian anchovy, west of Scotland cod – which remains zero – and North Sea megrims.
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