Brussels, 01/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - After four years of, sometimes stormy, discussions European Parliament and Council of the EU negotiators reached a political agreement on Thursday 30 June on new European rules for deep-sea fishing in the North-East Atlantic.
NGOs as well as the negotiators from the institutions were happy with the compromise reached. This is probably the best deal the fishermen could have hoped for as the Commission initially proposed that deep-sea fishing should,...