EU fisheries ministers will meet in Brussels on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 December to come to a political agreement on the levels of the total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas in the waters of the Atlantic, the Channel and the North Sea (see EUROPE 11656).
Monday will be given over to trilateral meetings (member state-Presidency of the Council- Commission) to prepare an initial compromise package, which could be presented on Tuesday morning.
The most controversial issues are likely to be:...