The fisheries ministers of France, Spain and Portugal called, on Sunday 11 December, for work to begin on setting multiannual (three-year) total allowable catches (TACs) for certain fish stocks from 2024.
“This would be excellent news for the EU ministers and our fishing community, who want to plan their activity in the best possible way”, said the Spanish Minister, Luis Planas.
TACs and quotas are negotiated most often each year at the end-of-year ‘fishing marathons’ at the EU...