UK FISHING QUOTA REVISIONS APPROVED BY EU MINISTERS
July 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has now approved revised fishing quotas affecting British fleets, include the right to catch 181,694 tonnes of mackerel from the Atlantic off the UK, Ireland, Norway, the Faroes, Greenland and international mid-Atlantic waters; 16,276 tonnes of horse mackerel from the same zones (except Norwegian seas); and 9,410 tonnes of cod off Norway.
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THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has now approved revised fishing quotas affecting British fleets, include the right to catch 181,694 tonnes of mackerel from the Atlantic off the UK, Ireland, Norway, the Faroes, Greenland and international mid-Atlantic waters; 16,276 tonnes of horse mackerel from the same zones (except Norwegian seas); and 9,410 tonnes of cod off Norway.
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