Brussels, 14/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - European fisheries ministers reached unanimous agreement at their meeting in Luxembourg on Monday 13 October on next year's total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas in the Baltic Sea, based on a compromise text from the Italian Presidency.
Ministers decided to restrict TAC rises for herring in 2015. The Commission had proposed rises of between 12% and 51% but the Council limited them to between 12% and 45%, including a 15% increase for the stock in...