Brussels, 16/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - EU fisheries ministers finally reached a political agreement at around 1.30 in the morning of Wednesday 16 December on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for 2016 in the waters of the Atlantic, the Channel and the North Sea.
It took two compromise texts, long trilateral discussion (National delegation, Luxembourg Presidency and European Commission) and a bit of a mix up to share out the blue whiting catches and draw the fisheries marathon to a...