Norway has been branded a “rogue state” by an Irish MEP concerned about its bid to fish 80,000 tonnes of blue whiting in Irish waters.
Council of the European Union meets every year to set fishing quotas for the bloc’s 27 member states and agree limits with Norway and now the UK.
Fine Gael’s Colm Markey, who represents Ireland’s North West, has accused the Norwegians of ‘doing deals’ with Russia in relation to fishing quota transfers as they negotiate for 2023.
