No ban on trawling and bottom fishing will be imposed on Member States in marine protected areas by the European Union, the French Secretary of State for the Sea, Hervé Berville, announced on Sunday 2 April.
The European Commissioner for Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, “confirmed that he would not impose a ban on bottom gears in marine protected areas either in 2024 or in 2030”, said Mr Berville at the end of a meeting in Brussels with the Commissioner, in the company of French...