This Regulation sets out a recovery plan for the Northern hake stock which inhabits the Kattegat, the Skagerrak, the North Sea, the Channel, waters to the west of Scotland and all around Ireland and the Bay of Biscay. The aim is to increase the quantities of mature fish of the Northern hake stock to values equal or greater than 140,000 tonnes. The Regulation defines the procedure for establishing total allowable catches applicable to mature Northern hake.
2004-04-21