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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10903
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries

Faroe Islands targeted over Atlanto-Scandinavian herring

Brussels, 20/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is taking an increasingly tough line against the Faroe Islands in an effort to ensure the sustainable fishing of Atlanto-Scandinavian herring. On Tuesday, 20 August it adopted tougher measures to protect fish stocks because the Faroe Islands have tripled their fishing quota this year and have withdrawn from the long-term management plan and pre-established shares of the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) with Norway, Russia, Iceland and...