EU fisheries ministers, meeting in Brussels on Thursday 11 May, reached a political agreement in principle (“general approach”) on a compromise text on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems by means of technical measures (see EUROPE 11785).
The text, much to the chagrin of the Netherlands, keeps in place the ban (with a derogation) on pulse trawling (or electrofishing), where electric pulses are emitted to help catch the fish.
The Netherlands and...