Brussels, 17/12/2014 (Agence Europe) - EU fisheries ministers reached unanimous agreement in the evening of Tuesday 16 December on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for 2015 in the waters of the Atlantic, Channel and North Sea.
The reformed common fisheries policy (CFP) has passed its first real test, said a delighted Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella. “Some member states made very specific commitments to adopt measures to decrease the pressure on stocks that are in a critical...