Brussels, 24/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - On 16 August the European Commission adopted a draft regulation banning bottom trawling around the Azores, Madeira and the Canary islands to ensure protection for deep-sea corals in these zones.
Last February the Commission tabled a ban on bottom trawling in these waters. However, as its progress through Council and the European Parliament has been delayed by the European Elections, the Commission has proposed that measures be put place in the interim...