Tag: European Fisheries Ministers

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 06:23 UTC

  Spain celebrates as 'excellent' the latest EC fisheries TACs and quotas awarded

  

  The head of the Ministry of Food and Environment (Magrama), Miguel Arias Cañete, highlighted the ”excellent results achieved by Spain in negotiating total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for 2014.”

• Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:22 UTC

  Fish discard clash in Brussels; NE Atlantic has highest discard rate, says UN

  

  Europe's fisheries ministers may dilute plans for a total ban on the practice of discarding fish at sea, as they meet in Brussels. An outright discards ban was widely welcomed when backed by the European Parliament last month, but it is being resisted by France, Spain and others.