The Fisheries Ministers of European Union countries are meeting from Monday 17 to Tuesday 18 December in Brussels to negotiate total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for 2019 in Atlantic waters, the Channel and the North Sea (see EUROPE 12132).
A compromise is expected during the evening (or night) on Tuesday, after expected lengthy discussions, in particular on "stocks with limiting quotas" in the Celtic Sea and the North Sea. The Commission emphasizes the need to meet the 2020...