Brussels, 20/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission will not provide financial support to member states or operators for monitoring that the rules banning “finning” - cutting off sharks' fins on board fishing vessels before throwing the carcasses back into the sea - are being observed.
That is what Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella indicated in his answer on Monday 19 January to a written question from MEP José Blanco (S&D, Spain). Vella says, however, that to support the...