The European Union and Norway reached a compromise in Bergen on 2 December on total allowable catches (TACs) for shared stocks in the North Sea in 2017.
The Norwegian quota of 110,000 tonnes of blue whiting in the North Sea has raised the ire of the ECR Group in the European Parliament. Ian Duncan (ECR, UK) has criticised the European Commission for buckling to Norwegian demands to the disadvantage of British fishermen.
The annual negotiations on EU-Norway fishing quotas agreed on an...