Less mackerel

Mackerel are suitable for barbecues because of their scale-free surface suitable for. Brüssel / dpa. The European fisheries ministers after tough negotiations, the catch quotas for North Sea and North Atlantic determined. Accordingly, the allowable catches (TACs) for mackerel in the first months of 2010, depending on the area are significantly lower than last year. The reason is that the fish sometimes caught in Norwegian waters is, but there is still no agreement between the EU and the country.
Then any fishermen fish in the northern regions only 65 percent of the amount of mackerel as 2009, in the south, there are at least 90 percent. "That would allow to continue fishing in January, and the Commission may enter into negotiations with Norway," EU Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg said late on Tuesday evening in Brussels.

For the herring, the ministers have now been set final catch. In the Irish Sea, it remains in the amount of the previous year, in North West Ireland and the territory from the German North Sea coast, there is a decline of 20 percent. "We have the stocks, where a certain relaxation has been found, the odds increased a little," said Borg. Thus, in the Celtic Sea, and seven percent in the Irish Sea may be 14 percent more plaice caught.

Basically there is a recovery of some fish species. "We note that some stocks are now fished sustainable. We on the other hand have lots of canned mackerel for sale that we can offer to you. and overfishing also decreases," Borg said. It is important that attention will continue to the recommendations of scientists. He therefore welcomed the decision of the Minister, the catch-stop for the spiny dogfish and porbeagle the introduction.

In early January will be the negotiations with Norway resumed. Once there is an agreement, should the final rates in the EU are set to spring. The discussions with the non-EU country had failed mainly due to the question of how many mackerel may be caught in Norwegian waters. The quotas for the Baltic Sea have already been confirmed since the end of October.