The European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries adopted on Thursday 23 April, as announced, its position and amendments to the proposal providing for exceptional aid to cod fishermen in the Eastern Baltic due to the depletion of stocks (see EUROPE B12471A20).
MEPs adopted a number of amendments which were broadly supported or tabled by the rapporteur, Niclas Herbst (EPP, Germany). They also gave their green light (20 votes in favour, 8 against and no abstentions) to the start of...