In a new report published on Tuesday 15 September, the organisation Bloom criticises the “abyssal depth of Dutch fraud in electric fishing” (see EUROPE B12552A10).
The number of Dutch vessels equipped with electric trawls would, according to the organisation, be much higher than the number of derogations officially granted by the Netherlands (95 vessels, compared to 84 derogating licences).
The NGO says that it has evidence that Germany also fishes in this way and that some Dutch...