Brussels, 27/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 27 October, the European Commission announced an agreement between the EU, Norway and the Faroe Islands to increase by 13% the mackerel quota that they will share next year in the waters of the North East Atlantic. The parties concerned agreed to fix the total allowable catch (TAC) for mackerel in waters under their national jurisdictions at 422,551 tonnes in 2007 compared to the current 373,535 tonnes (2006). The significant increase in the...