Press Release: Fisheries: Commission welcomes NAFO agreement on conservation measures

The Commission was broadly satisfied with the progress achieved in the annual meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, which took place in Bergen, Norway, from 21 to 25 September 2009. After lengthy negotiations, a deal was reached in relation to conservation measures for several stocks, including cod, redfish, shrimp, Greenland halibut, white hake and skates. On the whole the deal was judged by the Commission as a reasonable and balanced outcome following international cooperation, especially considering the initially wide divergence of positions of the Contracting Parties.