MEPs on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries approved (26 votes in favour, one against and one abstention) on Monday 12 October the text resulting from a compromise between EU institutions on aid for cod fishermen in the Baltic Sea (see EUROPE B12565A4, B12473A11).
The compromise extends the scope of the proposal (cod fishermen in the Eastern Baltic) to cod and herring fishermen in the Western Baltic. Member States affected by the closure of the Baltic cod fisheries will be able...