EU and Faroe Islands agree on fishing arrangements for 2020
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date: 11/12/2019
Details of reciprocal arrangements agreed for 2020
Quotas agreed by the parties for 2020 (in tonnes)
For the European Union from the Faroe Islands:
Cod and haddock 885
Saithe 2,600
Redfish 100
Blue ling and ling 1,885
Flatfish 50
Blue whiting 2,500
Other species 700
For the Faroe Islands from the European Union:
Ling and tusk 200
Blue ling 150
Horse mackerel 1,600
Norway pout 5,000
Blue whiting 10,000
Sprat 1,000
Other white fish 150
Herring 250
Northern deep-water prawns 1,200
Greenland halibut 110
The parties have also agreed access to each other’s waters for:
- 34,856 tonnes of mackerel
- 37,500 tonnes of blue whiting
- 7,000 tonnes of Atlanto-Scandian herring