The European Union and Norway reached agreement on 1 December on total allowable catches (TACs) for shared stocks in the North Sea and Skagerrak in 2018 (see EUROPE 11878). There was no agreement, however, on the thorny issue of the snow crab fishery.
At the 40th annual EU-Norway consultations in Belgium to agree the TACs for jointly managed stocks and exchange fishing opportunities, the two parties achieved a compromise setting TACs for cod, plaice, haddock, saithe, whiting and herring on...