13/09/2022 (Agence Europe) – In Strasbourg on Tuesday 13 September, the European Parliament approved the text of an agreement with the EU Council on conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the regulatory area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO). The report by Isabel Carvalhais (S&D, Portuguese) was adopted with 589 votes in favour, 6 against, and 38 abstentions. The objective: to legally enshrine in EU law decisions on the retention of ‘other’ quota catches, port inspection of landings of Division 3M cod and Greenland halibut, and the strengthening of control, infringement and enforcement provisions. The EU has been a contracting party to NAFO since 1979. NAFO is the intergovernmental fisheries science and management body responsible for the management of fishing resources in the Northwest Atlantic. (LC)