European Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella called, in Brussels on Thursday 11 May, on EU countries to turn their words into action and to implement the commitments taken recently in Malta to make fishing in the Mediterranean sustainable once again (see EUROPE 11753).
At a press conference after the Fisheries and Agriculture Council, Vella acknowledged that the MedFish4Ever was realistic and ambitious: improving data collection, adopting multiannual management plans for key species,...