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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11688

14 December 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Fisheries
European Parliament approves deep-sea fishing compromise
Brussels, 13/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament gave its approval in Strasbourg on Tuesday 13 December to the compromise text on the regulation framing deep-sea fishing (see EUROPE 11681).

The text at least allows fishing to continue. “That is not something to be taken lightly. We’re talking about 760 vessels, after all”, commented rapporteur Isabelle Thomas (S&D, France) in the debate the previous evening. She highlighted the main points of the regulation: - a freezing of the footprint (an area,...

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