Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries criticised, on Wednesday 4 September in Brussels, Iceland and Greenland's decisions to increase their mackerel catch unilaterally.
Iceland decided to increase its mackerel catch by 21.5% in 2019 and Greenland by 18%. Russia has taken the same type of decision, the Commission noted.
MEPs asked the Commission what it intends to do to bring these third countries to the negotiating table to achieve better management and allocation of...