Plaice in Subarea IV (North Sea)

ICES advises on the basis of the first stage of the EU management plan (Council Regulation No. 676/2007) that landings in 2012 should be no more than 84 410 t. ICES notes that according to the management plan, transitional arrangements to the second stage of the plan should be established since both North Sea plaice and sole have now been within safe biological limits for two consecutive years.