Brussels, 15/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission hopes that an agreement may be reached by the end of this year, under the Italian Presidency, on the proposal to bring in a ban on driftnet fishing, which is practised mostly in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, in 2015 (see EUROPE 11079).
Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Fisheries, reminded a small group of journalists on Wednesday 15 May that this fishing gear works like a vertical wall, unselectively trapping all...