date:Apr 25, 2014
The Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture has set Iceland's 2014 mackerel quota at a responsible 147,574 tons. The announcement was welcomed by the EU who urges Iceland to join with the other parties to now work out a full four-party coastal state arrangement.
This represents a 16.6 per cent share of the total mackerel catch recommended by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) or just 11.9 per cent of the 1,240,000 tonnes recently decided by the EU, Norway a