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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11067

26 April 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 25
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries
Iceland could get behind mackerel agreement in 2015

Brussels, 25/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - Iceland could join the agreement between the EU, Norway and the Faroe Islands on the management of mackerel stocks - but not in 2014 (see EUROPE 11066). Questioned by EUROPE, the Icelandic Minstry of Industries said that Iceland had always wanted to conclude an agreement based on scientific assessment, so that exploitation of the mackerel stock would be shared fairly among the coastal states.

However, the tripartite agreement obtained on mackerel is...