date:Jul 25, 2012
urrent crisis situation.
As they have previously mentioned, the Presidents believe that there are no good or bad fishing methods and it is better to rather think in terms of well or poorly managed and regulated fisheries. Otherwise this could create a dangerous precedent, where precaution is the only approach mentioned.
Should the proposal to gradually ban bottom trawling soon be adopted by the Commission, Europche, the EAPO and Cogeca would call on the European Parliament and the Council of t