The European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries is considering adopting, on 25 February, the report by Isabelle Thomas (S&D, France) on the revision of the system for monitoring fishing activities (see EUROPE 12045). It would be voted in plenary in March.
The rapporteur, Mrs Thomas, said on Tuesday 19 February that the most important subject was the conditions for extending the control rules to vessels under 12 metres in length. She noted that compromises will be fairly easy to reach on...