The European pelagic fisheries sector, organised under the banners of EAPO and Europêche, is protesting strongly on Friday 28 May against the Norwegian government’s decision to unilaterally increase Norway’s share of the mackerel fishery by 55%.
The two organisations call on the EU to take immediate action to put an end to this illegal decision.
Norway has decided to increase its mackerel quota in the North East Atlantic from 191,843 to 298,299 tonnes. However, since 2014, the EU,...