Following 3 days of discussions, the European Union’s fisheries ministers reached, on Tuesday 12 December, a political agreement by qualified majority on fishing opportunities in 2024 in the waters of the Atlantic (including the Channel and the North Sea) and the Mediterranean.
Italy has indicated that it will vote against the two regulations on Total Allowable Catches (TACs) for 2024, while Greece will abstain on the text on catches in the Mediterranean.
However, the European...