To avoid overfishing by Iceland, the European Commission proposed on Tuesday 12 November in the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) to cap mackerel catches in international waters at 109,000 tonnes.
“Everything depends on the support the EU will receive” on this issue among NEAFC contracting parties, explained a Commission representative during a debate in the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries on Iceland's decision to unilaterally increase its mackerel catches...