The European General Court has ruled in favour of the NGO Bloom by annulling the European Commission’s decision to reject its application concerning drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs), the French NGO said on Monday 28 July (see EUROPE B13686A23). These devices are wreaking environmental havoc in the Indian Ocean, according to the NGO.
Bloom had protested against the European Commission’s objection to a resolution adopted in 2023 by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), which...