Brussels, 12/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 12 July, the European Parliament Fisheries Committee approved the compromise text on the new north-east Atlantic deep-water fishing regulation (details in EUROPE 11585).
The regulation seeks to ban trawling below a depth of 800 m, a “footprint freeze” (an obligation on vessels to restrict fishing to areas where it took place between 2009 and 2011), strengthened on board inspections and sanctions and greater transparency in the fishing...