The last chance to broker a deal ahead of the coming season failed in February with the Faroe Islands and Iceland once again unable to reach an agreement with Norway and the EU on the size of their respective quotas. The stalemate will, as it did in 2010 a…
April 12, 2012
Tensions running high in mackerel standoff
There are fears in the highly valuable North East Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) industry that prices will fall in 2012 as a result of a third consecutive year without an international agreement in place on coastal states’ catch shares.
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