UK FISHERMEN TO RECEIVE REVISED FISHING QUOTAS FROM BRUSSELS
July 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has asked to approve new revised fishing quotas affecting British fleets following talks on the management of north Atlantic stocks. These have involved officials from the EU, Norway, Russia, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The European Commission has now asked EU ministers to swiftly approve and implement the new quotas.
As regards British fishing rights, these include the right to catch 181,694 tonnes of mackerel from the Atlantic off the UK, Ireland, Norway, the Faroes, Greenland and ...
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