Brussels, 19/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - After long negotiations, EU fisheries ministers reached political agreement in the early hours of Saturday 17 December on the levels of total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas in the North Sea and the Atlantic for 2012. The member states removed or watered down many of the quota reductions initially proposed by the Commission.
Polish Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Tadeusz Nalewajk acknowledged that the...