The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, demanded this Monday the maintenance of last year's fishing catches and considered "unacceptable" the "unilateral allocations" of mackerel and pollock quotas by Norway, the United Kingdom, and the Faroe Islands. Planas referred to the trilateral agreement sealed between Norway, the United Kingdom, and the Faroe Islands for the period 2024-2026, which includes the fishing of mackerel and allows Norway to fish in British waters. "It is important to work on other alliances to counterbalance this situation. If it is not corrected, the stability of our fishing is at risk," the minister acknowledged in a statement following the meeting of the EU Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers. In the fishing debate, Planas highlighted the relative stability in scientific reports on the main Spanish fisheries in the United Kingdom, but warned of persistent problems with species such as turbot or cod. "We want to avoid a ...
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