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Wed 12 Dec 2009Ministers agree deal on EU fish quotas
EUROPEAN FISHERIES ministers struck a deal late last night in the annual round of EU negotiations on fish quotas, overcoming their differences in “difficult” talks over the allocation of fishing rights in the union.
The agreement followed compromise proposals from Swedish agriculture and fisheries minister Eskil Erlandsson, chair of the talks as part of Sweden’s rotating presidency of the EU.
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