Brussels, 09/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - A number of members of the fisheries committee at the European Parliament criticised, on Monday 8 October, the proposal aimed at banning deep-sea bottom trawling.
Carmen Fraga Estévez (EPP, Spain) spoke of a “tough” proposal. The Commission, she bemoaned, proposes that bottom trawling be banned without having carried out a detailed study, and dismisses any alternative solutions without scientific justification. She also reproaches the Commission...