EU reduces fishing quotas for 10 states
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This measure is intended to repair the damage caused to resources and in this way ensure the sustainable capture of resources. The EC highlighted that quota deductions were reduced by 22 percent.
The sanctioned Member States are: Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and the UK. In the case of Spain, the fleet will be punished with a reduction of 555 tonnes for exceeding the fishing quotas for various species in 2013. ■