By and large, member states have set measures in place to alleviate the many pressures on the marine environment, as EU legislation stipulates. Nonetheless, states a report published by the European Commission on Wednesday 1 August, unless efforts are considerably stepped up, they will not be sufficient to achieve good, healthy and productive seas and oceans by 2020, as EU law requires.
The report to Parliament and Council on implementation of the “marine strategy framework directive”...