Brussels, 03/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - Negotiations with Atlantic coastal third countries are still in deadlock and the EU is losing patience, said Commissioner Franz Fischler on Monday. Given the impossibility of reaching agreement with the other parties (Faeroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Russia) and backed up by favourable scientific data, the EU has decided to increase fishing opportunities by 350,000 tonnes (to just under 750,000 tonnes) for blue whiting in 2004, after an...