Brussels, 01/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 31 March, the European Commission welcomed the agreements on the fisheries in 2014 for blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring in the waters of the north-east Atlantic. The coastal states reached a compromise on the subject on 28 March.
The EU, the Faroe Isles, Iceland and Norway agreed on a total allowable catch (TAC) of 1.2 million tonnes for blue whiting for 2014. The quota for the countries of the EU will be 331,348 tonnes, or almost...