| Part of the resources caught in the North Sea, Channel or Atlantic Sea do not fall under the « TAC and Quotas » strand of the Common Fisheries Policy, but the European Union may propose that such measures may eventually be applied to them. Usually these resources do not undergo regular assessments. This study focuses on « ex quota » stocks fished by French fleets, in order to assess knowledge concerning them and analyse possible trends in their management. It was contracted with funding from the Maritime fisheries and aquaculture directorate. Thirty-four species in all were chosen with respect to their interest for French fleets and the probability of Europe's adopting supplementary management measures for them. Available data is sometimes patchy (or not... |
