On Thursday 14 January, the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries recommended that biodiversity targets “should not be legally binding” and should be adapted to local specificities.
The Committee on Fisheries debated the draft opinion for the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, prepared by Gabriel Mato (EPP, Spain).
The draft opinion recommends that marine protected areas (MPAs) should be...