On Tuesday 18 October, the Council Ministers of the EU adopted its position at first reading on the regulation establishing specific conditions for fishing for deep-water stocks in the north-east Atlantic (see EUROPE 11585 and 11592).
Spain voted against the text, the result of a tough compromise between the EU institutions which prohibits fishing activity with bottom trawls below 800 metres in European Union waters.
The Kingdom of Spain has issued a statement in which it stresses that it...