Malta negotiates 17% increase in tuna fishing quota

Malta negotiates 17% increase in tuna fishing quota

Malta has negotiated a 17% increase in its tuna fishing quota, the government said in a statement.The increase - from 434 to 507 tonnes - of permitted fishing of bluefin tuna was a "fair achievement for Maltese and Gozitan fishermen", parliamentary secretary Alicia Bugeja Said told an Agrifish meeting in Brussels.This quota will be applicable...