Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR)
#DeepSeaFishing: European Parliament bans trawling below 800m in EU waters

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The European Parliament today (13 December) approved a Regulation establishing new rules for fishing in the North-East Atlantic, including ALDE’s support for a total ban of bottom trawling below 800 meters in EU waters. The lack of a proper regulation and the development of industrial fisheries in the EU during the last decades led to a dramatic stock depletion and destruction of marine habitat. This ban, setting a worldwide precedent, will help to protect vulnerable deep-sea marine ecosystems more effectively by setting stricter conditions on deep-sea fisheries.
Moreover, control measures have also been tightened by forcing all catches to be declared and the establishment of a monitoring program to ensure that data collection is homogeneous and accurate. After four years of negotiations, we hope to move from words to action."
The report adopted today can be found here. |
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