SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries

EU gets 80% of total allowable catch of swordfish in the Mediterranean

Brussels, 28/02/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 27 February, the European Commission announced a recent agreement among members of ICCTA (the International Commission for Conservation of Tuna in the Atlantic) on the breakdown among ICCTA members of total allowable catches (TAC) for swordfish, totalling 10,500 tonnes in 2017.

At a meeting of the European Parliament’s fisheries committee, a European Commission representative gave details about the breakdown of the ICCTA’s 2017 TAC for swordfish in the Mediterranean: 70.7% of...