The EU’s mackerel war with Iceland and the Faroes is set to escalate next year with the introduction of a trade ban on Icelandic and Faroese fish imports, The Grocer can reveal.
Until now, the EC has been unable to impose sanctions on Iceland or the Faroes because it lacked the legal authority, but in an exclusive interview with The Grocer, EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki said she would implement a ban once she had pushed an enabling regulation through the EU.
The move comes after years of talks with the Icelandic and Faroese governments have failed to curtail overfishing of the lucrative North East Atlantic mackerel stock.
