The EU continues this Tuesday trying to close the 2024 fishing quota agreement

The Fisheries Ministers of the European Union (EU) were still trying early this Tuesday to agree on fishing quotas in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean for 2024, a meeting that began last Sunday at 2:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. GMT ). The meeting lasted throughout the night from Monday to Tuesday, with different trilateral meetings (between Spain, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU Council, the different affected countries and the European Commission). After the night's negotiation, the ministers are scheduled to resume their plenary meeting at 9:00 a.m. (8:00 GMT) this Tuesday, diplomatic sources indicated. The objective is to reach that moment with the agreement, if not closed, only to finalize the last details. In addition to 2024, in some Atlantic fish stocks attempts will be made for the first time to set multi-annual quotas that will cover two or three years. On Monday night, Spain was still trying to reduce the 9.5% cut in fishing effort (days at sea) in the ...