EUROPEAN COMMISSION TABLE REVISED FISHING QUOTAS TO REFLECT 2007 POLITICAL DEALS
October 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has tabled a string of revised quotas impacting on British fisherman, to bring European Union (EU) catch limits in line with political deals agreed earlier this year. These include agreements with Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands and a deal struck at the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC).
Under the proposals, UK fishermen can take 18,253 tonnes this year of herring north and west of Norway in ICES zones I and II and 2,374 tonnes in Faroese waters. As regards the Norwegian waters north of 62° N ...
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