Brussels, 07/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament fisheries committee could put the controversial proposal banning driftnets to the vote on Tuesday 14 April. On Tuesday 7 April, however, it debated alternatives to this method of fishing.
Italian researcher Antonello Sala presented a study on alternative solutions to driftnet fisheries. He identified 45 active driftnet fisheries in nine EU member states (Bulgaria, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, and UK)....