EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Fisheries

European Parliament approves amendment to International Convention for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

14/05/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 13 May, the European Parliament approved a decision, on behalf of the European Union, on the conclusion of the protocol to amend the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The most important change in the management of stocks is to broaden the scope of the Convention with regard to the conservation and management of sharks. Other amendments concern technical adaptations of internal procedures of the decision-making...