Press Release: Mackerel talks for 2012 underway

First-round negotiations were due to begin in London on 19 October 2011 to resolve a long running dispute over mackerel fishing rights between the EU, the Faroe Islands and Iceland.

• Primary Source

Ireland: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Press Release, 21.10.11: Coveney seeks British support to protect mackerel stocks at EU Council meeting http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/pressreleases/2011/october/title,59041,en.html

Scotland: The Scottish Government: Press Release, 21.10.11: Mackerel crisis talks http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2011/10/21143054

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