Nine global ocean conservation organisations and figures urged Karmenu Vella, on Tuesday 22 May, to do all in his power “to end destructive and wasteful EU overfishing” before his term of office ends in autumn 2019.
“We strongly encourage you to seize the opportunity of the coming months to finally bring the destructive and wasteful act of EU overfishing to an end”, in keeping with the goals of the common fisheries policy (achieving maximum sustainable yield, or MSY, by 2020 at the...