A T THE recent Council meeting of the European Union, the Minister for the Marine, Simon Coveney, supported by the UK, France and Spain, succeeded in having trade restrictions imposed by the EU Commission against Iceland and the Faroe Islands as a result of their unacceptable fishing of mackerel. These two countries set large unilateral quotas at unsustainable levels this year that amount to 52 per cent of the recommended scientifically advised catch of mackerel in 2013. This is the fifth year in which Iceland has refused to engage in meaningful negotiations with the EU and Norway, the recognised major shareholders in this fishery…
Irish Times, 02/08/13. Read the full article ‘Angling Notes: EU ready to act over Faroe Islands’ and Iceland’s mackerel catch‘.
