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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12165

5 January 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries
EU-Norway agreement provides for a 33% reduction in cod quotas in 2019
Brussels, 04/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

The EU and Norway have signed three fisheries agreements for 2019 in what they call "most important fisheries agreement in northern Europe", the European Commission proclaimed on 21 December 2018. 

However, fishing opportunities for 2019 are generally declining: -33% for cod quotas, -36% for herring, -31% for haddock and -22% for whiting. 

Two bilateral agreements and one neighbouring agreement were signed after negotiations at the end of 2018. The bilateral agreements cover the North Sea...

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