On Wednesday 1 March, the vast majority of members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries criticised the content of the action plan on marine ecosystems, which includes a ban on bottom fishing in marine protected areas (MPAs).
In this action plan adopted on 21 February, the Commission calls on Member States to propose common recommendations and take national measures to phase out mobile bottom fishing in all MPAs by 2030 at the latest and not to allow it in newly created...