SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries

An agreement has reportedly been reached between EU and Norway on fisheries quotas for 2020

Brussels, 16/12/2019 (Agence Europe)

According to the Scottish Fisheries Secretary, the EU and Norway reached an agreement on the respective fisheries opportunities for 2020 on 13 December. However, the European Commission, for its part, assures that the EU/Norway fisheries negotiations are still ongoing. 

The Commission still needs to add the figures from this EU/Norway agreement (see EUROPE B12389A9) to the proposals on 2020 quotas in the Atlantic and North Sea. 

Fergus Ewing, Scottish Fisheries Secretary, expressed his...