On Tuesday 11 November, the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries recommended the introduction of programmes to renew the EU’s fishing fleets “supported by national and EU funding, as well as with the cooperation of private owners”.
In adopting (19 votes in favour, 3 against and 3 abstentions) an own-initiative report by Ton Diepeveen (PfE, Dutch) on the modernisation of the fishing fleet, MEPs believe that the measures to be taken should make it possible to “renew the...