Call for even tougher sanctions on Iceland and Faroes for over-fishing

Even tougher trade sanctions against Iceland and the Faroe Islands have been demanded by the European Parliament in retaliation for over-fishing of mackerel.

A report by MEP Pat the Cope Gallagher got the unanimous backing of the parliament’s fisheries committee that also asked the Donegal man to oversee the introduction of the measures. The trade sanctions would ban all fish products and some fishing gear from being imported into the EU and ban their vessels from EU ports.

There have been 11 separate rounds of negotiations with Iceland over their decision to ignore quotas they share with the EU and catch half of the fish available.