While most MEPs welcomed the forthcoming presentation of the ‘European Ocean Pact’ in Strasbourg on Thursday 24 October, they were divided on how to extend marine protected areas.
The issue of deep-sea trawling once again divided Members of the European Parliament during a debate on the threats to marine protected areas (see EUROPE B13331A12).
Francisco José Millán Mon (EPP, Spanish) called for these protected areas to comply with scientific criteria and opposed an end to deep-water...