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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9888

24 April 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries
France opposes selling of fishing quotas

Brussels, 23/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Thursday 23 April 2009, EU Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg met French fisheries minister Michel Barnier, along with a delegation of fishermen representatives from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France. The meeting took place a week after French fishermen blockaded North Sea ports in protest at being granted cod and sole quotas that they felt were not big enough. Various subjects were discussed, like the situation facing...

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