date:Apr 25, 2014
er quotas in 2014 amounting to 1,240,000 tonnes significantly higher than the 890,000 advised by ICES. The quota announced by Iceland will be equivalent to just 11.9 per cent of the tripartite agreement or as stated above 16.6 per cent of the ICES advice.
Commenting on the annoucement, EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki's Spokesperson, Helene Banner, stated: Iceland's announcement of its unilateral mackerel quota is a positive step. It conforms to the share figure it had previously claim