The European Commission confirmed on Thursday 15 December that it has reached an agreement with the north-east Atlantic coastal states and with the UK and Norway on the joint management of shared fish stocks in 2023.
The agreement with the coastal states covers several stocks. For mackerel, the TAC for 2023 has been set at 782,066 tonnes (-2% compared to the TAC for 2022), in line with the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach advised by the International Council for the Exploration of...