Divisions among the MEPs on the European Parliament fisheries committee were apparent on Thursday 21 June over the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) study which contends that pulse trawling has a lesser effect on ecosystems than using beam trawls (see EUROPE 12043)
This sensitive issue is preventing the representatives of the EU institutions from coming to an agreement on fisheries technical measures.
Trialogue negotiations are expected to resume “after the summer...