EU request on a combined dab and flounder TAC and potential management measures besides catch limits

ICES advises that the risk of having no catch limits for the dab and flounder stocks is currently considered to be low and not inconsistent with the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The advice is valid as long as dab and flounderremain largely bycatch species, with the main fleets catching dab and flounder continuing to fish the target species (plaice and sole) sustainably within the F_MSY ranges provided by ICES.