Iceland announces 2014 mackerel quota

摘要

Iceland, which at the beginning of March withdrew from negotiations between the North-East Atlantic coastal states (the EU, Norway, the Faroe Islands and Russia) over the allocation of mackerel quotas for 2014, has now set its own catch quota at 147,574 tonnes. "This represents a 16,6% share of the total mackerel catch recommended by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) - or just 11.9% of the 1.24 million tonnes recently decided by the EU, Norway and the Faroes," said Iceland's Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture, Sigurdur Ingi Johansson, in a statement published on 22 April.