More recently, in 2008, the European Commission asked the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) to assess the situation in European Union waters.
Níos déanaí, i 2008, d’iarr an Coimisiún Eorpach ar an gComhairle Idirnáisiúnta do Thaiscéaladh na Farraige (CITF) measúnú den suíomh a chur ar aghaidh chuige in uiscí an Aontais Eorpaigh.