EU DUTIES AND TACS
December 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to reduce total allowable catch (TAC) quotas for EU fishermen trawling for redfish and flatfish in Faroe Islands waters, because of an earlier decision to block Faroese fishermen from taking blue whiting from EU waters.Separate fishing agreements are struck between the EU and the Faroes, which are part of Denmark, but not the European Union. Brussels decided to cut the redfish and flatfish TACs to 2,100 and 548 tonnes respectively because fishing access deals with the islanders have to be balanced.And ...
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