On Wednesday evening, 13 February, representatives of the Council and the European Parliament reached a political agreement in Strasbourg on technical fishing measures and the ban on electric trawl fishing from 1 July 2021(see EUROPE 12191).
The trilogue negotiators managed to reach a compromise on the controversial issue of electric trawl fishing, which is mainly carried out by Dutch vessels. The end date for using this technique, which, it is claimed, damages young fish and eggs, is...