EU fisheries ministers reached unanimous political agreement at around 8.00pm in the evening of Monday 14 November on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for deep-sea species for 2017 and 2018.
The agreement, which has still to be formally adopted by the Council, reduces the 2017 and 2018 TACs for most stocks of black scabbardfish (12% annual reduction for the northern stock and a 10% reduction for the southern stock), red seabream (cuts of 10% for the northern stock and 5% for the...