The European Union (EU) protested on Tuesday at a fishing agreement between Britain, Norway, the Faroes and Iceland, saying it could irreversibly damage the dwindling mackerel population in the North Atlantic. “This decision was taken without prior consultation with the European Union,” the 27-nation bloc’s executive commission said in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse concerning the deal announced on 16 December.

EU protests UK-Norway deal allowing mackerel overfishing. (2025, December 25). Daily Tribune, p. B13.