date:Jul 31, 2012
Council regulations on fishing opportunities adopted during the second half of each year do not include a total allowable catche (TAC) for anchovy in the Bay of Biscay because of the different annual cycle followed by the biology of this stock and the scientific advice estimating the spawning stock biomass. For this reason, a specific anchovy TAC is set around July each year.
For the anchovy stock in the Bay of Biscay, the advice from the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheri