On Monday 27 October in Luxembourg, several EU fisheries ministers deplored the unsustainable fishing by certain third countries that is depleting pelagic stocks (mackerel, blue whiting) in the North East Atlantic.
Ireland’s minister, Timmy Dooley, stressed that the EU’s efforts to manage stocks sustainably “will be in vain if we stand by and allow other coastal states to continue their irresponsible behaviour”.
As the main holder of mackerel quotas in the EU, Ireland has...