Brussels, 20/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - The proposal aimed at gradually banning certain deep-sea bottom trawling gear has been welcomed by environmental organisations but has received much criticism from the fishing industry, especially in France.
Javier Garat, Europêche President, Sean O'Donoghue, President of EAPO (European Association of Fish Producers Organisations), and Giampaolo Buonfiglio, Chairman of the COPA-COGECA working group on fisheries, said: “We feel great concern and we...