The European Commission proposed restrictive quotas in the Baltic Sea for all species except for herring while also calling for stricter application of EU fishing rules, on Monday (26 August).
The reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) will be among the main tasks for the new European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries, with the European People’s Party (EPP) in pole for the chair post.
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The EU fisheries sector must regain its competitiveness and protect itself from unfair competition from third countries, a report presented at the European Parliament on Wednesday (20 March) recommended.
The representative of Europe’s fishing industry says they share EU farmers’ demands and support the joint demonstrations organised in France and Spain against what they call the ‘Brussels diktat’.
In the wake of a dispute between France and Spain over a fishing ban in the Bay of Biscay, the European Commission and MEPs reiterated the need for such bans but called for coordination between member states when enforcing them.ย
