Brussels, 19/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission adopted a proposal on Thursday 19 July to regulate fishing for deep-sea species in the North-East Atlantic. The proposal was due to be adopted on Friday of last week but the decision had to be postponed because of the opposition from French Commissioner Michel Barnier (see EUROPE 10654).
Deep sea ecosystems and the species that live in them are particularly vulnerable to human activities, the Commission says in a press release....