ClientEarth published, on Monday 27 September, a series of documents revealing the positions of EU countries on the 2017-2021 proposals on Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and quotas.
The files, according to ClientEarth, “show that countries such as Ireland, France and Spain have consistently pushed for unsustainable fishing limits in the Northeast Atlantic, defying the ambitious sustainability objectives and rules of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy year after year”.
The NGO also states...