SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) fisheries

First-sales value increase for seven member states at start of year

Brussels, 24/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - Seven EU countries - Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, and UK - saw first-sales value increase in January-February 2016 over the same period last year, according to a report published on Monday 23 May by the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products.

Spain landed 25,471 tonnes of fresh fish in January-February 2016, 8% less than in January-February 2015. Of the 23 reporting ports in Spain, 11 recorded...