Several NGOs, including Oceana, called on the European Commission on Tuesday 3 May to present a legislative proposal to ban “destructive fishing” and industrial extractive activities in marine protected areas, after the European Parliament vote (see EUROPE B12944A7).
Oceana welcomes the European Parliament’s call for a ban on industrial extractive activities, “which includes fishing practices such as bottom trawling” in all marine protected areas.
Caroline Roose MEP...