Luxembourg, 26/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 26 October, Estonia and Lithuania complained that the European Commission had overstepped its mandate in accepting, on behalf of the EU, the closure by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) of the shrimp fishery in zone 3M, the Flemish Cap, next year. The regional fisheries organisation took the decision at its annual meeting in Halifax, Canada, on 20-24 September.
At the Fisheries Council in Luxembourg, eight member states,...