Brussels, 22/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 22 April, the Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture announced Iceland's 2014 mackerel quota, setting the catch quota at 147,574 tonnes for the North East Atlantic. It also criticised the EU, Norway and the Faeroes agreement again on mackerel (see EUROPE 11038 and 11039). The Icelandic quota represents a 16.6% share of the total mackerel catch recommended by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) - or just 11.9% of the 1,240,000 tonnes recently decided by the EU, Norway and the Faeroes. “Our 2014 mackerel quota supports Iceland's efforts to preserve the mackerel stock, which should be the long term management goal,” explained Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, Minster of Fisheries and Agriculture. (LC)