At the start of international negotiations in Rome in preparation for the COP15 on biological diversity (CBD15, Kunming - China, October), the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, announced, on Tuesday 25 February, that he had written to 22 EU Member States to express alarm at the plight of dolphins and other marine animals in Europe and to call for immediate EU action to tackle the problem of incidental catches of endangered species.
The...