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Latest fisheries quotas ‘massive blow’ to ending overfishing

December 19th, 2018 The EU’s fisheries ministers agreed this morning to maintain current fishing quota limits for 2019 despite calls from NGOs and experts to reduce the quotas in line with scientific advice and end overfishing by the end of the decade. While Ireland’s Minister for the Marine, Michael Creed Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 6 yearsDecember 19, 2018 ago

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EU announce fisheries quotas after record-breaking 47 hours of debate

December 13th, 2017 The European Council has set 2018 quotas for the main commercial fish stocks in the Atlantic and the North Sea following protracted negotiations into the early hours of this morning. After a record-breaking forty-seven hours of debate, the Council announced that 53 fish stocks will be set Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 7 yearsDecember 13, 2017 ago