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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10124

23 April 2010
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/fisheries

21/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - Alain Cadec MEP (EPP, France) is calling on the European Commission to remove the ban, in force since 2009, on the fishing of undulate ray (raja undulata). In a written question sent to the European Commission on 16 April, the MEP explained that the ban “appears disproportionate in relation to current scientific recommendations and the catching of this species by French fishermen”. In Brittany, undulate ray can sometimes account for 35% of catches by fishing...

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