Meeting: Agicultue and Fisheries Council, 17 October 2013

A meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council was held in Luxembourg on 17 October 2013. The conclusions included the following topics:

+ Political agreement on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2014;

+ Exchange of views on the annual consultations between Norway and the European Union, in particular regarding fish stocls in the North Sea and Skagerrak;

+ Exchange of views on the ICCAT annual meeting;

+ Briefing on the recurring dispute between Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the European Union about the management of the North East Atlantic mackerel stock;

+ Adoption of a common position on two proposals for two regulations on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform, following a second reading agreement with the European Parliament.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/13/900: Preparation Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 17th October 2013 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-900_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Main measures of the Common Fisheries Reform adopted by the Council http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-main-measures-of-the-common-fisheries-reform-adopted-by-the-council/

EUObserver, 18.10.13: EU under pressure to avoid 'mackerel war' http://euobserver.com/news/121818

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