End of line for quota-free fishing in Mediterranean
MARSAXLOKK, Malta — If there's one thing Maltese fishermen fear even more than a thrashing three-meter swordfish, it's the EU's growing momentum toward quotas across the Mediterranean.
The fishermen of Marsaxlokk, Malta's largest swordfish port, offer a perfect case study of why the seemingly obscure issue of catch limits is snowballing into a bitter political stand-off between Northern and Southern Europe.